单词详解 | cosmopolitan

cosmopolitan
音标
英/ ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtən /美/ ˌkɑːzməˈpɑːlɪtən /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
Mr. Grose was the archetypal foreign correspondent: cosmopolitan, educated, able to write with sweep about world events or to zero in on the telling detail.
格罗斯先生是典型的外国记者:具有国际视野,受过良好教育,能够对世界事件进行全面报道,或者对细节进行归零。
New York Times

He absorbed the growing cosmopolitan world with a shrug and a smirk.
他耸耸肩,傻笑着吸收了日益发展的国际化世界。
Washington Post

“There must be no place for hate and exclusion in Vienna. Our city is colorful and cosmopolitan,” Michael Ludwig said, according to Austrian news agency APA.
“维也纳决不能有仇恨和排斥的地方。据奥地利通讯社 APA 报道,迈克尔·路德维希 (Michael Ludwig) 表示:“我们的城市色彩缤纷、国际化。”
Washington Times

基本释意
adjective
composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests
世界主义的,四海为家的;国际性的,国际化的;见过世面的,见识广的;广布的,遍生的

同义词
ecumenical,general,oecumenical,universal,world-wide,worldwide,widely distributed,cosmopolite

短释义
People who are cosmopolitan have an air of glamour surrounding them, a sense that they’ve seen a lot of the world and are sophisticated and at ease with all different kinds of people. Places can also be described as cosmopolitan, meaning “diverse,” or bustling with lots of people of varying nationalities. Any way you use it, cosmopolitan implies a sophistication, which might explain why both a well-known alcoholic cocktail and a famous women’s magazine are both named after the word cosmopolitan.
你的埃莉诺阿姨生活在六个不同的国家,能流利地讲四种语言,她可能被描述为国际化的人,或者对不同文化和人民感到舒适和熟悉的人。

长释义
People who are cosmopolitan have an air of glamour surrounding them, a sense that they’ve seen a lot of the world and are sophisticated and at ease with all different kinds of people. Places can also be described as cosmopolitan, meaning “diverse,” or bustling with lots of people of varying nationalities. Any way you use it, cosmopolitan implies a sophistication, which might explain why both a well-known alcoholic cocktail and a famous women’s magazine are both named after the word cosmopolitan.
国际化的人周围有一种魅力,一种见识广博的感觉,对各种不同的人都老练而自在。地方也可以被描述为国际化的,意思是“多样化的”,或者熙熙攘攘地聚集着许多不同国籍的人。无论你如何使用它,“cosmopolitan”都意味着一种精致,这也许可以解释为什么著名的酒精鸡尾酒和著名的女性杂志都以“cosmopolitan”一词命名。

文学例句
Eva is the kind of perennially aggrieved cosmopolitan who in movies is depicted aggressively slapping on body lotion before bed.
伊娃是那种常年愤愤不平的国际大都会,在电影中,她被描绘成在睡觉前咄咄逼人地涂抹润肤露。
The Plight of the Aggrieved, Rich Manhattan Liberal by ???

The rising popularity of midwifery among cosmopolitan women also coincides with larger cultural shifts toward all things natural, whether it’s organic foods, raw diets or homeopathic remedies.
助产士在国际化女性中越来越受欢迎,也恰逢文化向一切自然事物转变,无论是有机食品、生食还是顺势疗法。
The Midwife Becomes a Status Symbol for the Hip by DANIELLE PERGAMENT

One way or another, it was too much to expect that the French would interpret them as a sign of the cosmopolitan diversity of the contemporary American kitchen.
无论如何,很难期望法国人会将它们解释为当代美国厨房国际化多样性的标志。
| Ralph’s in Paris by ???

词源
cosmopolitan (adj.)1815, “free from local, provincial, or national prejudices and attachments,” from cosmopolite “citizen of the world” (q.v.) on model of metropolitan. From 1833 as “belonging to all parts of the world, limited to no place or society.” Meaning “composed of people of all nations, multi-ethnic” is from 1840. The U.S. women’s magazine of the same name was first published in 1886.As a noun, “one who is at home all over the world, a cosmopolite,” 1640s. As the name of a vodka-based cocktail popular in 1990s (due to “Sex and the City” TV program) from late 1980s (the drink itself seems to date to the 1970s).Cosmopolitanism in reference to an ideology that considers all humans as a single community is recorded by 1828. It took on a negative tinge in mid-20c., suggesting an undermining of indigenous and national societies and often tied to the supposed influence of the Jews.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
cosmopolitan (adj.)1815,“不受地方、省级或国家偏见和依恋的影响”,源自大都市模式下的世界公民“世界公民”(qv)。从1833年起“属于世界各地,不限于任何地方或社会”。意思是“由各国人民、多种族的人组成”,源自1840年。美国同名妇女杂志于1886年首次出版。作为名词,“一个在世界各地都自在的人,一个世界公民”, 1640年代。作为一种在 20 世纪 90 年代流行的伏特加鸡尾酒的名称(由于“欲望都市”电视节目),从 80 年代末开始(这种饮料本身似乎可以追溯到 1970 年代)。世界主义指的是一种认为所有人类都是平等的意识形态到 1828 年,有一个单一社区的记录。它在 20 世纪中期呈现出负面色彩,表明土著和民族社会受到破坏,并且常常与犹太人的所谓影响力联系在一起。相关条目及更多


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