The circular economy model aims to protect the environment without lowering 25. Answer Question 25[input]. Improvements in 26. ______ can reduce waste and protect the environment. Introducing 27. ______ for recycling, reselling and sharing allows consumers to reuse the same clothes. The 28. ______ of unprocessed resources, therefore, falls. The power of consumers and cooperation among decision-makers is crucial for encouraging ethical practices. This means that the fashion industry can be 29. ______ while remaining profitable.简答题
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The circular economy model aims to protect the environment without lowering 25. Answer Question 25[input]. Improvements in 26. can reduce waste and protect the environment. Introducing 27. for recycling, reselling and sharing allows consumers to reuse the same clothes. The 28. of unprocessed resources, therefore, falls. The power of consumers and cooperation among decision-makers is crucial for encouraging ethical practices. This means that the fashion industry can be 29. while remaining profitable.简答题

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BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

The phrase reads naturally as: "The circular economy model aims to protect the environment without lowering profitability."

1. Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Lexical meaning: "profitability" is a noun meaning the ability of a business or industry to generate profit over time. 
- Grammar/collocation: the structure "without lowering X" requires a noun or noun phrase as the object of "lowering." Business contexts commonly collocate "lowering" with abstract economic nouns such as "costs," "profitability," or "quality."
- Contextual logic: the passage contrasts environmental protection with economic performance; therefore a business/economic term is expected in the blank.

2. Step-by-step reasoning
- Identify the grammatical requirement: after "without lowering" we need a noun that expresses something that might be reduced.
- Identify the semantic requirement: the sentence contrasts environmental protection and an economic consequence. The phrase that follows ("...while remaining profitable") later in the paragraph reinforces that the passage is focused on economic viability.
- Select the best-fit noun: "profitability" precisely names the industry’s ability to be profitable, which the circular economy model claims it will not reduce.

3. Intermediate steps (linguistic)
- Test candidate words: "without lowering standards" (grammatically okay but shifts focus to quality/ethics rather than economics); "without lowering profits" (possible, but "profits" refers to absolute earnings rather than the broader concept of long-term viability); "without lowering prices" (changes meaning entirely).
- Compare collocations: in policy/business writing, "without lowering profitability" is a standard way to say environmental measures need not harm long-term financial performance.

4. Why the correct answer is correct
- "Profitability" answers both the grammatical need (a noun after "lowering") and the semantic need (an economic measure that the industry wants to preserve). It directly supports the passage’s final claim that the industry "can be ... while remaining profitable."

5. Why other plausible options are less suitable
- "Standards" or "quality": shift emphasis to non-economic aspects and create redundancy with "ethical practices."
- "Profits": narrower (absolute earnings) and stylistically less suited to policy-level claims about overall viability.
- "Prices" or "wages": change the intended meaning and do not align with the closing clause about remaining profitable.