preferable to

A. 需要
B. 对.......更可取
C. 对.......不可取
D. 希望

a setback to

A. 对......的一种倒退
B. 对......的一种促进
C. 对......的一种反应
D. 对......的一种刺激

save the bother of (doing sth)

A. 节省做......
B. 打算做......
C. 省去做......的麻烦
D. 下定做......的决心

Her lawyer said that she understood the __________ of her action.

New __________ in medicine improve the quality of health care.

Without friends, he felt __________ in the city he had just arrived in.

The Queen's __________ were always surrounding her.