| 释义 |
transˈcultural, a.
[f. trans- 3, 4 + cultural a.]
Transcending the limitations or crossing the boundaries of cultures; applicable to more than one culture; cross-cultural; spec. transcultural psychiatry, psychiatry applied to disorders due to migration from one cultural environment to another.
1958Internat. Jrnl. Social Psychiatry III. 245 (heading) Some problems of transcultural psychiatry. 1964I. L. Horowitz New Sociology 37 Social science is interdisciplinary because social problems are transcultural. 1973Observer (Colour Suppl.) 28 Oct. 34/5 Sailing ships are gone but the sea shanty is still sung: the function is altered but the song remains: the stuff is transcultural. 1976Daily Tel. 27 Apr. 2/8 The congress, on transcultural psychiatry, is being organised by the university and the World Federation for Mental Health. 1978Church Times 3 Feb. 6/5 The resolution of the problem suggested depends on a distinction between meanings which are universal and transcultural and the understanding and expression of those meanings which are limited historically and culturally. |