cosmopolitan

adjective
🔊/ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtən/
🔊/ˌkɑːzməˈpɑːlɪtən/
(approving)
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  1. containing people of different types or from different countries, and influenced by their culture世界性的;全球各国的;有各国人的;受各国文化影响的
    • a cosmopolitan city/resort国际性的都市/度假胜地
    • The club has a cosmopolitan atmosphere.这个俱乐部具有世界文化的气氛。🔊🔊
    • Jamaica is a very cosmopolitan island.牙买加是一个非常国际化的岛屿。
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    • She liked the cosmopolitan atmosphere of the city.她喜欢这个城市的国际性氛围。
    • a cosmopolitan Mediterranean port一个国际化的地中海港口
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
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    adverb
    • distinctly
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  2. having or showing a wide experience of people and things from many different countries接触过许多国家的人(或事物)的;见过世面的;见识广的
    • people with a truly cosmopolitan outlook真正具有世界眼光的人
    • cosmopolitan young people见多识广的年轻人
    • Young people today are much more cosmopolitan.今天的年轻人更加国际化。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • distinctly
    • truly
    • very
    See full entry
  3. (specialist) (of a plant or animal) found all over the world周游世界的人
    • Sea urchins are cosmopolitan in their distribution.海胆的分布是世界性的。
  4. Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a noun): from cosmopolite ‘ a cosmopolitan person’ + -an.

cosmopolitan

noun
🔊/ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtən/
🔊/ˌkɑːzməˈpɑːlɪtən/
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  1. a person who has a wide experience of people and things from many different countries周游世界的人
    • She's a real cosmopolitan.她是个真正的四海为家的人。🔊🔊
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a noun): from cosmopolite ‘ a cosmopolitan person’ + -an.

Cosmopolitan

🔊/ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtən/
🔊/ˌkɑːzməˈpɑːlɪtən/
(also Cosmo
🔊/ˈkɒzməʊ/
🔊/ˈkɑːzməʊ/
)
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  1. a magazine for young women, published each month and sold in over 110 countries around the world. It first appeared as a women's magazine in 1965 and was one of the first women's magazines to discuss sex.