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词汇 multilingual
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Definition of multilingual in English:

multilingual

adjective mʌltɪˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l
  • In or using several languages.

    用多种语言表达的;使用多种语言的

    a multilingual dictionary

    多语词典。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most Sumu and Miskito are multilingual, speaking Spanish in school and their native language at home.
    • This model, to a certain extent, has encouraged students to be multilingual in their ethnic language, Indonesian and English.
    • Western culture is monolingual; ours multilingual and oral.
    • A once multilingual population is on the way to becoming monolingual or at the best bilingual.
    • It is therefore a challenge to applied linguists to see how education systems can contribute to the promotion of more just multilingual societies.
    • Given the diverse populations and multilingual settings, bilingual education may be assumed to have been in order.
    • It is also timely given the growing interest in multilingual information retrieval involving East Asian languages.
    • If you are already multilingual, use all the languages you know, especially in front of small children.
    • The local people were actually multilingual; they often spoke three, four, five languages.
    • This seems silly until you have multilingual dictionaries installed.
    • If there is bilingual and multilingual education in the K - 12 system, why not in higher education?
    • In all multilingual communities speakers switch among languages or varieties as monolinguals switch among styles.
    • Such successes are little surprise, but what inhibits many companies is the price of developing a multilingual presence online.
    • Our students have to become multilingual with English as their second language.
    • As a result, Singapore and Malaysia are multilingual countries.
    • Pinpointing the source of crosslinguistic influences in the interlanguage of a multilingual speaker is less straightforward.
    • Many Indians are multilingual and speak several Indian languages.
    • This is perhaps the most multilingual area in the world.
    • Many factors influence language dominance in multilingual speakers.
    • A child may be born in a multilingual home setting or speak a home language different from the society.

Derivatives

  • multilingualism

  • noun ˌmʌltɪˈlɪŋɡw(ə)lɪz(ə)m
    • Non-British immigration increased greatly after the Second World War and multilingualism has been encouraged since the 1970s.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Although the promotion of multilingualism to foster cross-cultural understanding is to be applauded, there are also paradoxes in this.
      • Furthermore, to imply that multiculturalism or multilingualism is somehow a ‘bad thing’ flies in the face of fact, especially in California.
      • When teachers learn to see the diverse backgrounds of their students as resources, these students' experiences can serve to promote the multilingualism and multiculturalism of all the students and the teacher.
      • A good example is Switzerland, where territorial unilingualism exists under federal multilingualism.
  • multilingually

  • adverb
    • Several have been published multilingually, reflecting Australia's attempt to gain high moral ground as world leader of the trade liberalisation project.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Simultaneously, transferable skills are acquired and practised, such as the ability to learn autonomously and to communicate and co-operate multilingually.
      • From Nobel Prizes in economics to Pulitzers in fiction, from a film industry that has captured the hearts of millions to a vast knowledge industry that produces the technology and content of transnational firms, India's cultural capital is produced globally, speaks multilingually, and is consumed visibly in just about every corner of the post-industrial world.
      • Some of us have knowledge that can enable others to browse the web multilingually, and more importantly communicate multilingually.
      • At the same time, multilingualism provides the couple with the opportunity of learning a foreign language in an everyday context and of giving their children the possibility of growing up multilingually - and this is an extremely valuable asset for the future generation with regard to increasing globalisation.

Rhymes

bilingual, lingual, monolingual

Definition of multilingual in US English:

multilingual

adjective
  • In or using several languages.

    用多种语言表达的;使用多种语言的

    a multilingual dictionary

    多语词典。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Given the diverse populations and multilingual settings, bilingual education may be assumed to have been in order.
    • Many factors influence language dominance in multilingual speakers.
    • The local people were actually multilingual; they often spoke three, four, five languages.
    • This is perhaps the most multilingual area in the world.
    • If there is bilingual and multilingual education in the K - 12 system, why not in higher education?
    • Many Indians are multilingual and speak several Indian languages.
    • Our students have to become multilingual with English as their second language.
    • A child may be born in a multilingual home setting or speak a home language different from the society.
    • It is also timely given the growing interest in multilingual information retrieval involving East Asian languages.
    • Western culture is monolingual; ours multilingual and oral.
    • A once multilingual population is on the way to becoming monolingual or at the best bilingual.
    • Most Sumu and Miskito are multilingual, speaking Spanish in school and their native language at home.
    • Pinpointing the source of crosslinguistic influences in the interlanguage of a multilingual speaker is less straightforward.
    • As a result, Singapore and Malaysia are multilingual countries.
    • In all multilingual communities speakers switch among languages or varieties as monolinguals switch among styles.
    • It is therefore a challenge to applied linguists to see how education systems can contribute to the promotion of more just multilingual societies.
    • This model, to a certain extent, has encouraged students to be multilingual in their ethnic language, Indonesian and English.
    • This seems silly until you have multilingual dictionaries installed.
    • If you are already multilingual, use all the languages you know, especially in front of small children.
    • Such successes are little surprise, but what inhibits many companies is the price of developing a multilingual presence online.
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