multinational

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A multinational company.
    — The G8 leaders also called on multinationals to make a full disclosure to the taxman over how much tax they pay in different countries.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, or involving more than two nations (externally between countries or internally in a country). not-comparable
    — AS a young student at the multinational Aramco school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Fadi Jaber, a son of Palestinian refugees, always preferred his American classmates’ cupcakes, brownies and chocolate chip cookies to his mother’s pastries: knafah, qatayef and baklawah.
  2. Operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries (especially more than two). not-comparable
    — By operating within many nations, but ouside them at the same time, multinational firms create possibilities of change even in the world political structure

词形变化

multinationals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
multinationalism multinationalize multinationally

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English national
English multinational
From multi- + national.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English national
English multinational
From multi- + national.
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