【正确答案】Sense may be defined as the semantic relations between one word and another, or more generally between one linguistic unit and another. It is concerned with the intralinguistic relations. Leech also uses "sense" as a briefer term for his conceptual meaning. This usage is justifiable in that as technical term "sense" may be used in the same way as "connotation" is used in philosophy.

【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查的是“词的涵义”的定义。一个词的涵义可以看作是它跟其他词之间的一种涵义关系网络。也就是说，我们可以把涵义界定为词语之间的语义关系。更概括地看，是语言单位之间的语义关系。它体现的是语言内关系。同时，考生还应掌握meaning、reference theory、reference等概念的含义。