Which of the following words has undergone elevation of meaning?

Which of the following words has undergone elevation of meaning?[ ]
A、busybody: busy person→officious and meddlesome person
B、naughty: wicked, bad, evil→not behaving properly
C、notorious: well-known→unfavorably well-known
D、voyage:journey→journey by water
【正确答案】:B
【题目解析】:题干中核心词是语义升格。词义变化有词义升格和降格,还有词义的扩展和词义的缩小。根据四个选择项中的内容看语义变化的类型,A是缩小,由泛指忙碌的人到特定含义的人;B是升格,由邪恶,坏的到行为到不够端庄;C是降格,由著名的变为因坏事而出名;D是词义缩小,由泛指旅途,到具体的海上行程。因此,B为答案。