这道GRE填空题的答案如何理解?Inresponsetothefolliesoftoday'scommercialandpoliticalworlds,theauthordoesnotinflamedindignation,butratherthedetachmentandsmoothaphoristicproseofaneighteenth-century

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这道GRE填空题的答案如何理解?
In response to the follies of today's commercial and political worlds,the author does not _________ inflamed indignation,but rather _________ the detachment and smooth aphoristic prose of an eighteenth-century wit.
　　(A) display...rails at
　　(B) rely on...avoids
　　(C) suppress...clings to
　　(D) express...affects
　　(E) resort to...spurns
但是D里的affect不是影响的意思么?带进句子里说不通啊

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affect 有假装的意思 (Pretend to have or feel (something):"as usual I affected a supreme unconcern".)
所以,这句话是说 假装心不在焉 affects the detachment ...