| 释义 |
transˈnational, a. (n.)
[f. trans- 3, 4 + national a.]
Extending or having interests extending beyond national bounds or frontiers; multinational. Also ellipt. as n., a transnational company.
1921N. Angell Fruits of Victory ii. 63 Much of Europe lives by virtue of an international, or more correctly, a trans-national economy. 1941J. S. Huxley On living in Revolution (1944) 144 The outstanding case of what we may call a transnational natural region—an industrial area cutting right across national boundaries—is the great concentration of industry in North-Western Europe. 1941J. Macmurray Challenge to Churches 59 The Christian religion is the only possible force which can conceivably create the condition of a transnational, non⁓racial democratic polity. 1956P. C. Jessup Transnational Law i. 2, I shall use, instead of ‘international law’, the term ‘transnational law’ to include all law which regulates actions or events that transcend national frontiers. 1968Economist 13 July 65/2 To these three [sc. the ethnocentric, the polycentric, and the geocentric types of multi-national company], Professor Galbraith has added a fourth type, the transnational company, with international stock ownership. 1973Reader's Digest Apr. 167/1 Terrorism..is ‘transnational’ in scope—that is, there is a kind of global brotherhood of terrorists who share basic beliefs and techniques. 1977Irish Democrat Mar. 3/5 The Brussels dictators would probably just tolerate a secession provided the transnationals continued to rule the roost economically. 1980Telegraph (Brisbane) 5 Sept. 2/2 Now that multinational has become a dirty word,..multinationals are..known as transnationals. 1983Church Times 6 May 10/4 It will fall to your lot to assess the transnational corporations..and see whether in fact they do promote Third World development.
Hence transˈnationally adv.; transˈnationalism.
1921N. Angell Fruits of Victory i. 14 Transport and credit, operating trans-nationally. Ibid. 300 The old individualist ‘trans-nationalism’. 1973Listener 20 Dec. 845 The reality of transnationalism, at any rate in the non-Communist world, simply cannot be denied. 1976Times 13 Feb. 15/6 Surely, a peaceful world needs respect for the rule of law, not only nationally but transnationally. |