试题题干
Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.
Why is context very important for the understanding of word-meaning?
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试题解析
本题主要考查the understanding of word-meaning(语境词义的理解)很重要的原因。
因为意义受到语言环境(linguistic context)的影响,而且在许多情况下也受到整个言语(the whole speech)的影响。没有语境,就无法确定讲话者想要表达的词的真正含义(the very sense of the word);而在语境中通常不会有误解(misinterpretation)的危险,因为意义存在于(lives in)语境中,而语境定义(defines)了意义。