1Existing, occurring, or carried on between two or more nations.

国际贸易。

1. 1.1 Agreed on by all or many nations.
   所有（或许多）国家一致同意的，国际通用的
   a violation of international law

   违反国际法。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • This year's quota reduction will not save the fish unless a powerful international recovery plan, which was not agreed last week, is put in place.
   • Cambodia is banking on its adherence to international labor standards to carry it through.
   • It was agreed to by international treaty in 1988 and all seagoing nations will participate.
   • Indonesia, so far, has ratified four of the existing 12 international conventions on terrorism.
   • Most of the other hotels do not come up to the international standards of cleanliness and hygiene.
   • Let us say that became an agreed change to the international treaty.
   • By design, neither set of rules purports to override existing international water agreements.
   • ‘There is an agreed international protocol that we follow to assess people,’ he said.

   Synonyms

   global, worldwide, intercontinental
2. 1.2 Used by people of many nations.
   所有（或许多）国家一致同意的，国际通用的
   large international hotels

   国际性大旅馆。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • There is even a new international hotel, set up by an extremely brave and enterprising returned Afghan émigré from New Jersey.
   • The Sharm area has small, intimate hotels with modern designs, as well as larger hotel complexes belonging to international chains.
   • Hotels serve international or Czech food, which is hearty and homely and very addictive.
   • In most ways nothing could be further away from village Bengal than the imperatives of an international standard modern hotel.
   • If you go to seek it in the new tarted up smartest international hotels, you will nearly always be disappointed.
   • It offers 370 rooms and is the first international brand hotel near Pudong Airport.
   • The squash revival began with the opening of international hotels in the late 80s and early 90s.
   • City life is harsh, and that's just in the downtown area, with its international hotels and branches of Wimpy and Subway.
   • Last year only about 4% of Irish hotels operated under an international brand.
   • The resort city offers value for money accommodation, with hotels covering all levels in international resort rooms.
   • Several international hotel chains are entering the lucrative mainland market with eyes on its surging tourism sector.
   • The gourmet restaurant La Truffe serves the sumptuous dinners you would expect in an international hotel.
   • Well, now there are very many hotels to choose from and hundreds of international restaurants from which to choose.
   • Hangzhou Shangri-La was then the first joint venture and first international hotel in Zhejiang Province.
   • Close to an international wharf, the hotel changed some guestrooms for young travellers, known as the youth hostel.
   • At first I was troubled by the bad service in hotels, but now this is changing with the new international chains.
   • That hotel is expected to be completed in 2007 and will be managed by an international hotel chain.
   • There were no night clubs, no major international hotels, no bars.
   • The hotel also has an international cuisine restaurant, three bars and a night club.
   • Another hotel under an international brand name is due to open in town next year.

1British A game or contest between teams representing different countries in a sport.

1. 1.1 A player who has taken part in a contest between teams representing different countries in a sport.
   〈英〉国际比赛
   Example sentencesExamples

   • I didn't mention the names of any of the footballers, though a bloke in the audience told me who the international was and what team the accused are from.
   • Granted, he may not be watching them at international level when he watches them in the Premiership, but given the influx of foreign players in the domestic game most players are competing against internationals on a weekly basis anyway.
   • Better players, more internationals, more evenly spread about the clubs, more uncertain (beyond the top three or four) than ever before.
   • Their players are mostly internationals and their manager is one of the most experienced around.
   • Carefully edited videos of East European playmakers, South American internationals and the next big thing out of Africa start piling up on desks.
   • And, among those whom I have taken to improve pace are England or Great Britain internationals from five different sports.
   • On busy days during the school summer holidays, particularly when the Ship pub on the quay hosts its annual beach cricket match against a team of touring internationals, the whole place can become packed.
   • The supporters' club is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and as a reward Manchester United have agreed to send over two of their most capped players, both English internationals.
   • One player does not make a team, especially a team that has two internationals for every position within its squad, and the financial fire-power to find re-enforcements at will.
   • When Carter subsequently played for the League of Ireland representative team against an English league team of internationals he was by some distance the star of the show.
   • The chop change nature of their team selection has also been in stark contrast to their stated aim after the last World Cup that they would work towards building a settled team full of experienced internationals.
   • City were never expected to beat the highly-fancied Newcastle in 1911, which had a team packed with internationals.
   • It would be good for the club if they had two internationals in the team.
   • Two senior Leeds players - both internationals - are known to have squared up to each other in the dressing room and had to be separated before the row escalated into an exchange of punches.
   • With both teams including several Olympic internationals, a high quality race is expected as Oxford seek to gain revenge for Cambridge's win last year.
   • I know they didn't field anywhere near what was their strongest team, but they still had a host of internationals in the line-up and I thought we matched them in every department.
   • While St Francis were a non-league team, they did have seven junior Ireland internationals on their team and went on to reach the final that year.
   • Woods also chose China to clear up his views on the levels of animosity creeping into the Ryder Cup, claiming that gamesmanship made it not as much fun as the Presidents Cup between the United States and a team of internationals.
   • These include two Brazilian Under-21 internationals and several good players from inside Bulgaria.
   • The most obvious way of getting a huge wad of cash to the Manager to spend on a team of fancy world-class internationals is by acquiring a multi-billionaire Oil Tycoon.

2Any of four associations founded (1864–1936) to promote socialist or communist action.

The First International was formed by Karl Marx in London in 1864 as an international working men's association. The Second International was formed in Paris in 1889 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution and still survives as a loose association of social democrats. The Third International, also known as the Comintern, was formed by the Bolsheviks in 1919 to further the cause of world revolution. It was abolished in 1943. The Fourth International, a body of Trotskyist organizations, was formed in 1938 in opposition to the policies of the Stalin-dominated Third International