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Thewordtaskoriginallymeantmoneytobepaidb

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【单选题】 The word task originally meant money to be paid by people of businesses to a government for public purposes, but now 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

网考网参考答案:B
网考网解析:

task原本指“税赋”,而现在指“任务、工作”,即属于词义扩大的例子。 查看试题解析出处>>

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