Though the various words which make up the idiom have their resp

Though the various words which make up the idiom have their respective literal meanings, in the idiom they have lost their ( )  identity.
【正确答案】：INDIVIDUAL
【题目解析】：本题考查语义的整体性。individual——个别的，独特的。虽然组成习语的各个词都有各自的字面意思，但是在习语中，它们失去了各自的辨识度（初始的含义）。故答案为individual。