| 释义 |
multinational, a. and n.|mʌltɪˈnæʃənəl|
[f. multi- + national a. and n.]
A. adj.
a. Comprising or pertaining to many nationalities or ethnic groups.
b. Possessing branches, factories, offices, etc., in many countries.
B. n. A multinational company. So multiˈnationally adv.; multiˈnationalism, the realm of multinational companies.
1926Time 17 May 14 A majority of the multi-national citizens of what is now Hungary. 1940Mind XLIX. 117 Their inequality makes for an intrinsic instability in their relations which causes one to regret the passing of the multi-national Empires, like Austria and Russia, with their stabilising effect. 1957Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Oct. 635/2 The volume contains in fact five separate essays—on the beginnings of the American nation..on the problems of a multi-national nation [etc.]. 1961New Scientist 23 Mar. 733/1 There will be an important multi-national programme of space research, starting in 1962. 1962Economist 15 Dec. 1108/3 Assignments to multinational organisations should be up-graded. 1963Guardian 19 Mar. 11/4 A multinational force would be one composed of Service units already in existence... Multilateral would mean manning.., for example, Polaris surface ships with mixed crews. 1964Economist 17 Oct. 271/2 Very few such companies..seem..to think ‘multi-nationally’. 1968Listener 12 Dec. 783/1 The multinational firm transcends national boundaries..through the establishment of subsidiaries in foreign countries. 1971C. Tugendhat (title) The multinationals. 1971Rand Daily Mail 4 Dec. 12/2 There are plans for extra senates and supra-parliaments and multinational assemblies. 1972Listener 18 May 652/2 Yours is a multinational group. What are the prospects for multinationalism? 1973Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 22 June 23/2 The five multi-national pilots—as her name implies the Europa is a truly European airship. 1975Bookseller 18 Jan. 155/1 (Advt.), To manipulate the takeover of the Holmes Motor Corporation by an American multi-national and to destroy a rival spying network. |