试题题干
The process by which words of good origin fall into ill reputation or non-affective words come
to be used in derogatory sense is ( )of word meaning.
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试题解析
本题考查词义降格的含义。
generalization:词义普遍化;narrowing:词义缩小;elevation:词义升格;degradation:词义降格。
词从表示褒,扬或中性的意义向表示贬,抑的意思的演变过程称为词义的降格。故D选项符合题意。