【正确答案】：
CONTEXT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF WORD-MEANING BECAUSE THE MEANING IS INFLUENCED IMMEDIATELY BY THE LINGUSITIC CONTEXT AND IN MANY CASES BY THE WHOLE SPEECH SITUATION AS WELL. WHEN A WRITER OR SPEAKER USES A WORD, SHE/HE MAKES IT "MEAN JUST WHAT HE CHOOSES IT  TO MEAN-NEITHER MORE NOR LESS.” WITHOUT CONTEXT, THERE IS NO WAY TO DETERMINE THE VERY SENSE OF THE WORD THAT THE SPEAKER INTENDED TO CONVEY; WHEREAS WITH CONTEXT THERE IS GENERALLY NO DANGER OF MISINTERPRETATION, FOR MEANING LIVES IN CONTEXT AND THE CONTEXT DEFINES MEANING.
【题目解析】：语境对于理解词义是非常重要的，因为语境直接影响词义，而且在许多情况下，语境也会影响整个语言环境。当一个作家或演讲者使用一个词时，她/他会说“正是他所选择的词的意思，不多也不少”。没有上下文，就没有办法确定演讲者想要表达的词的真正意义；而在上下文中，通常没有误解的危险，因为意义就在上下文中，上下文可以定义词的意思。
