He has been sick since this fall. Tell what "sick" and "fall" mean respectively and explain why they take on those meanings in m

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问题 He has been sick since this fall.
Tell what "sick" and "fall" mean respectively and explain why they take on those meanings in modern American English.

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答案(1) "Sick" means "ill" and "fall" means "autumn" in present American English; (2)These words no longer have such meanings in present British English; (3) American English has revived the old meaning of "sick" and that of "fall". This is the revival of archaic or obsolete words.

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He has been sick since this fall. Tell what "sick" and "fall" mean respectively and explain why they take on those meanings in m

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Hewasafunnylookingmanwithacheerfulface,goodnaturedandagreattalker.Hewasdescribedbyhisstudent,thegreatphi

Onthefourthdayofhissojourn,theTimeTravelerunderstandswhytheEloiareterrifiedafternightfall.【C1】______Following

ThePresidentoftheUSAhasmorepowerthananyotherpresidentinthedemocraticworld—excepttheFrenchPresident.Itishe【C

Whenyou’renegotiatingwithsomeone,listenforthemessagesthatheorshemightbesendingtoyou.Forexample,theword"di

WhichofthefollowingdictionariesisNOTaspecializeddictionary?()

Peoplechangeword-meaningowingtovarious______motives:love,respect,courtesy,suspicion,pessimism,sarcasm,irony,contemp

Thechangeofidiom"Aroundpeginthesquarestofholes"fromtheoriginalformis______.()

semanticchange

Studythefollowingsentence.Ifyoufindanythingwrong,pleaseexplainwhyandthenimprovethesentence.Theboyranafterth

______hasalwaysbeenconsideredamonumentalworkwhichcommandsgreatattentionbecauseofitsuniquelypoeticembodimentofA

A、 B、 C、 B题干问的是现在是不是必须走。A选项用过去时态与提问不符。C选项turnon表示“打开”。B选项是一种委婉的肯定。故选B。

行为税是指为实现特定政策目的，以()为课税对象而征收的税种。

关于两阶段招标中，第一阶段招标的表述，不正确的有()。

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商业银行可根据实际业务情况确定流动性风险限额的管理,但流动性风险限额应至少包括()。

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