【正确答案】:
INITIALISMS ARE WORDS PRONOUNCED LETTER BY LETTER, E.G. VOA, ID, UFO.
ACRONYMS ARE WORDS FORMED FROM INITIAL LETTERS BUT PRONOUNCED AS A NORMAL WORD, OR FORMED WITH THE INITIAL LETTER OF THE FIRST WORD PLUS THE WHOLE OF THE SECOND, E.G. AIDS, CORE, N-BOMB.
【题目解析】:按字母发音的首字母缩略词是一个字母接一个字母发音的单词,例如VOA(美国之音),ID(身份证件),UFO(不明飞行物)。按词发音的首字母组合词是由首字母组成,但发音与普通单词一样的单词,或由第一个单词的首字母加上第二个单词的整个字母组成,例如:AIDS(艾滋), CORE(争取种族平等大会), N-bomb(核弹)。