...finally winning him the Pulitzer Prize he had long been 13.
答案：(D) denied
be denied sth 意為「被剝奪、始終未能獲得」：這本書終於為他贏得長久以來一直未能到手的普立茲獎；planned（計畫）、achieved（達成）、examined（檢視）都與 finally winning 的語意不合。
答對率 19%。
deny 你只記得「否認」（He denied stealing the money.），幾乎沒見過被動的 be denied sth ——「被剝奪、始終得不到」。例：I was denied the opportunity of learning French at school.（我在學校被剝奪了學法文的機會）／No one should be denied a good education.。
句中 finally winning him the Pulitzer Prize（終於為他贏得普立茲獎）——既然是「終於」拿到，代表先前一直沒拿到；過去完成式 had long been ___ 也標示這是得獎「之前」持續已久的狀態。
否認：deny + 名詞／V-ing／that 子句；不給予：deny sb sth。
be denied sth（被剝奪某物）、deny doing sth（否認做過某事）、there is no denying that…（不可否認…）、win sb a prize（為某人贏得獎項）。
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