cosmopolitan

[英] [ˌkɔzməˈpɔlitən] [美] [ˌkɑzməˈpɑlɪtn] 生词本

adj.

n.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 世界性的,国际化的;受各国文化影响的 A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures. 
  • London has always been a cosmopolitan city.

    伦敦一直是一个国际化都市。

2. ADJ-GRADED 见过世面的;见识广的;开明的 Someone who is cosmopolitan has had a lot of contact with people and things from many different countries and as a result is very open to different ideas and ways of doing things. 
  • The family are rich, and extremely sophisticated and cosmopolitan.

    这家人很富有,老于世故,而且见多识广。

Noun

1. a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

Adjective

1. growing or occurring in many parts of the world;

  • "a cosmopolitan herb"
  • "cosmopolitan in distribution"

2. composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests;

  • "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay
  • "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"
  • "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks"

3. of worldwide scope or applicability;

  • "an issue of cosmopolitan import"
  • "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley
  • "universal experience"

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1. New York is a highly cosmopolitan city.
纽约是一个高度世界性的城市。

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