试题题干
"Family" is of course an elastic word. And in different countries it has different meanings. Butwhen British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of "family" in itsnarrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together in their own houseas an economic and social unit.
According to this paragraph, what does the author mean by "Family is of course an elastic word"?（）
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试题解析
句意理解题。 elastic意为“有弹力的，可伸缩的，灵活的”。根据该句后句“ And in different countries it has different meanings.（在不同的国家它有不同的含义。）”可知，该句是说家庭的释义很灵活。D选项“家庭这个词语可以被赋予不同的定义”是对原文的同义转述，故D为正确答案。