试题题干
Fortuitous formerly denoted"happening by chance" and later took on the meaning"fortunate". Such change of word-meaning is caused by( ).
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试题解析
本题考察英语词汇的来源以及演化。
"the influx of borrowings"意为”借来词“,"psychological factors" 意为“心理因素”,"historical reason" 意为“历史原因”,"analogy" 意为”类比;类推;类似,模拟”。本题中,题干意思为“Fortuitous"这个词本身的意思为”偶尔发生“,后来变成了”fortunate“的意思,这种词义的变化原因是什么导致的?因为”fortuitous"与"fortunate"的词形相似,此处含义的变化是因为词的类比。故选D。