【正确答案】：
TRUE. 
SOME WORDS EARLY IN THEIR HISTORY SIGNIFIED SOMETHING QUITE LOW OR HUMBLE, BUT CHANGED AS TIME WENT BY TO DESIGNATE SOMETHING AGREEABLE OR PLEASANT. TAKE A COMMON TERM "NICE" FOR EXAMPLE. ITS ORIGINAL MEANING WAS "IGNORANT", THEN CHANGED TO "FOOLISH" AND NOW ELEVATED TO MEAN "DELIGHTFUL, PLEASANT". （MORE EXAMPLES: MARSHAL AND CONSTABLE MEANT A "KEEPER OF HORSES', BUT NOW HAVE RISEN TO A "HIGH RANKING ARMY OFFICER" AND "POLICEMAN" RESPECTIVELY.）
【题目解析】：正确。在它们的历史早期，有些词表示一些相当卑微或低下的事物，但随着时间的推移而改变，用以表示一些令人愉快或舒适的事物。以一个常见的词语“美好的”为例。它最初的意思是“无知”，后来改为“愚蠢”，现在发展为“愉快的，舒适的”。（更多的例子：Marshal（警察局长）和constable（警察）都是的意思是“马夫”，但现在已经分别上升到“高级军官”和“警察”的意思了。