lingua franca
柯林斯詞典
1. N-SING A lingua franca is a language or way of communicating which is used between people who do not speak one another's native language. (講不同母語(yǔ)的人之間的)通用語(yǔ)[正式]
English is rapidly becoming the lingua franca of Asia. 英語(yǔ)正迅速成為亞洲的通用語(yǔ)。
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lingua franca /?l??ɡw? ?fr??k?/
劍橋詞典
- a language used for communication between groups of people who speak different languages
(母語(yǔ)不同的人交流用的)通用語(yǔ),混合語(yǔ)
The international business community sees English as a lingua franca. 國(guó)際商界將英語(yǔ)視為通用語(yǔ)言。 返回 lingua franca