| 释义 |
ambiˈlingual, a. and n.
[ambi-, after bilingual.]
(See quots.) Hence ambiˈlingualism, the condition of being an ambilingual.
1959J. C. Catford in Quirk & Smith Teaching of English vi. 164 In everyday speech the word ‘bilingual’ generally refers to a person who has virtually equal command of two or more languages. If a special term is required for such persons of equal linguistic skill (which is very difficult to measure) I should prefer to call them ‘ambilinguals’. Ambilinguals are relatively rare. 1964M. A. K. Halliday et al. Ling. Sciences iv. 78 The endpoint where a speaker has complete mastery of two languages and makes use of both in all uses to which he puts either. Such a speaker is an ‘ambilingual’. True ambilingual speakers are rare. Ibid., Even those who approach or attain true ambilingualism are still usually unable to translate without instruction. |