sesquilingual

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to one language, plus a second in a limited capacity, degree, or content. not-comparable,rare
    — Typically, it is believed that this sesquilingual discourse is due to the absence of suitable terms in the inferior language.
  2. Able to communicate fluently in one language, but only to a degree in another. not-comparable,rare
    — Being already sesquilingual, the Hong Kong Chinese are therefore quite receptive to the teaching of another language.

词汇关系

衍生词
sesquilingualism
相关词
bilingual monolingual

词源

From sesqui- + lingual.
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