14. If the government increases its funding for civilian scientific research, private patrons and industries will believe that such research has become primarily the government’s responsibility. When they believe that research is no longer primarily their responsibility, private patrons and industries will decrease their contributions toward research. Therefore, in order to keep from depressing the overall level of funding for civilian scientific research, the government should not increase its own funding.

Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?

(A) Governments should bear the majority of the financial burden of funding for civilian scientific research.

(B) Any increase in government funding would displace more private funding for civilian scientific research than it would provide.

(C) Private donations toward research are no longer welcomed by researchers whose work receives government funding.

(D) Civilian scientific research cannot be conducted efficiently with more than one source of funding.

(E) funding for civilian scientific research is currently at the highest possible level.

假设题,  原文funding increase ---believe increase , believe decrease ----contribution decrease

in order to depress overall funding (B)---NOT increase own funding (A)

我自己的分析.

overall funding = government funding + contribution , overall funding 需要降低,government funding NOT increase , then , contribution 需要降低

那么应该有个假设是在 goverment funding 和 contribution 之间的, 我虽然选对了答案B , 因为只有B 是说明goverment funding 和 contribution 之间的关系的, 但是我却不知道B 该如何翻译,it 指代的是什么?

请大家指教!!!,也不知道我的分析是否正确

(B) Any increase in government funding would displace more private funding for civilian scientific research than it would provide.

It means that government funding and private funding are complements to each other, when one is increased, the other one has to be decreased.

You are already on the right track, I don't know what else you want to know.

明白了,多谢指教!