The relationship between a word and an object in the real world

The relationship between a word and an object in the real world to which the word refers is the________ meaning of the word.
A、connotative
B、social
C、affective
D、conceptual
【正确答案】：D
【题目解析】：首先分析题干，发现题干的前半句“The relationship between a word and an object in the real world to which the word refers（一个单词与现实世界中该词所指的物体之间的关系）”实际上是在解释后半句“the________ meaning of the word”，而且在语义学中，词的概念意义是词义的核心，也就是所指意义。四个选项中A选项的意思是“内涵的；隐含的”，B选项的意思是“社会的；有关社会的”，C选项的意思是“情感的”，D选项的意思是“概念的”。只有“conceptual meaning”才表示“概念意义”，所以D项是正确选项。