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The word task originally meant money to be pai

2022-08-01 20:21:27 问答库 阅读 166 次

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The word task originally meant money to be paid by people of businesses to a government for public purposes, but not it refers to work that has to be done. This is an example of ______.
A.narrowing of meaning
B.widening of meaning
C.meaning shift
D.loss of meaning

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正确答案:B
解析:task原本指“税赋”,而现在指“任务、工作”,即属于词义扩大的例子。

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