单词	cosmopolitan
释义	cosmopolitan1 adjectivecosmopolitan2 noun cosmopolitancos‧mo‧pol‧i‧tan1 /ˌkɒzməˈpɒlətən◂ $ ˌkɑːzməˈpɑː-/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINcosmopolitan1 Origin: 1600-1700 cosmopolite ‘cosmopolitan person’ (17-21 centuries), from Modern Latin cosmopolites, from Greek, from kosmos ( ➔ COSMOS) + polites ‘citizen’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Alexander, who speaks six languages, had a very cosmopolitan upbringing. Barcelona feels a lot more cosmopolitan than other Spanish cities. Istanbul is a great cosmopolitan city, situated between East and West. She grew up in an apartment in a cosmopolitan district of Chicago. The thing I like most about living in London is that it's so cosmopolitan. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And next Wednesday sees probably the biggest and most cosmopolitan trade wine show ever staged in the province. She describes her fascinating cosmopolitan friends, and peculiar little museums she knows about, and wonderful cheeses. The cosmopolitan city of Cagliari is only 25 miles away. The student body is cosmopolitan, including individuals from all continents. They date and marry stars, dress in designer clothes, and are phenomenally rich and cosmopolitan. They lend the place a certain cosmopolitan tone. With its vintage cable cars and cosmopolitan restaurants, the city is brimming with urbane sophistication. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorrelating to race► racial : racial discrimination/prejudice/violence/attack when people are treated unfairly or attacked because of their race: · Some people complained of racial discrimination in the way housing was allocated.· Racial violence used to be commonplace on the streets of the city.racial harmony (=when people of different races live together peacefully, and without any problems): · In Jamaica black and white people have lived together in racial harmony for many years.racial profiling (=the practice of police stopping some people only because of their race): · Local police deny that have used racial profiling when stopping motorists. ► ethnic : ethnic divisions/unrest/violence divisions, problems etc between groups of people of different races, or with different customs, living in the same place, especially when one group is smaller than the other: · Hundreds of people have been killed in the recent ethnic violence.· Ethnic unrest is spreading throughout the south-western republics of the former Soviet Union.ethnic cleansing (=when people are forced to leave their homes because of their ethnic group): · Reports of ethnic cleansing in former Yugoslavia forced the European states and the US into taking action. ► multiracial/multicultural a multiracial or multicultural society, school, community etc is one in which people from several different races live together or work together, especially in a friendly way: · Britain became a multiracial society in the 1960s and 70s, after large-scale immigration from the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent. · a vibrant, multicultural neighborhood ► interracial between people of different races: · The danger of an interracial war in South Africa still exists.· There has to be fairness and justice for black people before you can achieve a spirit of interracial harmony.interracial marriage: · Interracial marriages are common in England these days. ► cosmopolitan a cosmopolitan city, district, society etc is one in which people of many different races and nationalities live or go, which is therefore lively and interesting: · Istanbul is a great cosmopolitan city, situated between East and West.· She grew up in an apartment in a cosmopolitan district of Chicago.· The thing I like most about living in London is that it's so cosmopolitan. ► mixed marriage marriage between people of different races: · Mixed marriages are becoming more and more commonplace. WORD SETS► Nationality & Race aboriginal, adjectiveaboriginal, nounaborigine, nounAfghan, nounAfrican, adjectiveAfrican, nounAfrican American, nounAfrikaner, nounAfro-, prefixAmerican, adjectiveAmerican, nounAmericanize, verbanglicize, verbAnglo-, prefixanglophile, nounAnglo-Saxon, nounAussie, nounAustralian, nounAustrian, nounAustro-, prefixbarbarian, nounBedouin, nounBenelux, nounBengali, nounbirth, nounblack, adjectiveblack, nounBoer, nounBr., brave, nounBrit, nounBritish, adjectiveBritisher, nounBriton, nounCeltic, adjectiveChinese, adjectivecontinental, adjectivecosmopolitan, adjectivecultural, adjectiveDane, nounDanish, adjectiveDutch, adjectiveDutchman, nouneastern, adjectiveEgyptian, adjectiveEgyptian, nounEnglish, adjectiveEnglishman, nounEnglishwoman, nounEskimo, nounEurasian, adjectiveEurasian, nounEuro-, prefixEuropean, nounEuropean, adjectiveFr, Franco-, prefixFrench, nounFrenchman, nounFrenchwoman, nounGallic, adjectiveGerman, nounGermanic, adjectiveGraeco-, prefixGreco-, prefixGreek, adjectiveGreek, noungypsy, nounHebraic, adjectiveHebrew, nounHellene, nounHellenic, adjectivehighland, adjectiveHighlander, nounHispanic, adjective-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveIndian, nounIndian, adjectiveIndo-, prefixinsular, adjectiveinternational, adjectiveinternationally, adverbinternecine, adjectiveIrish, adjectiveIrishman, nounIrishwoman, noun-ish, suffixIslam, nounislander, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounIsraelite, nounItalian, nounJohn Bull, nounkiwi, nounLatin, nounLatin, adjectiveManx, adjectiveMaori, nounmestizo, nounmetropolitan, adjectiveMexican, adjectiveMexican, nounMoorish, adjectivemother country, nounmotherland, nounnation, nounnational anthem, nounnational costume, nounnational dress, nounnationalism, nounnationalist, nounnationalistic, adjectivenationality, nounnation state, nounnative, adjectivenative, nounNative American, nounnon-white, nounNordic, adjectiveNorse, adjectiveNorseman, nounnortherner, nounoverseas, adverboverseas, adjectivePakistani, nounparentage, nounPersian, adjectivePersian, nounPole, nounPolish, adjectiveRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRussian, adjectiveRussian, nounSaxon, nounScot, nounScots, adjectiveScotsman, nounScotswoman, nounScottish, adjectiveSherpa, nounSinhalese, nounSino-, prefixsoutherner, nounSoviet, adjectiveSpaniard, nounSpanish, adjectiveSwede, nounSwedish, adjectiveSwiss, adjectiveTeutonic, adjectiveTurk, nounTurkish, adjectivewestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternized, adjectivewhite, nounYiddish, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a cosmopolitan city (=full of people from different parts of the world)· San Francisco is a very cosmopolitan city. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more · Indeed, Abraham, more cosmopolitan and less legalistic than Moses, became the favourite hero of such concoctions.· Since then, the community has become more cosmopolitan, and it has attracted many locals. NOUN► city · Palma, the capital of Majorca and of all the Balearic islands is a bustling and cosmopolitan city.· The cosmopolitan city of Cagliari is only 25 miles away.· Would they make love all day at some hot, steamy house somewhere in this glittering cosmopolitan city?· We appear to be in the cosmopolitan city world of the uprooted. 1a cosmopolitan place has people from many different parts of the world – use this to show approval:  a vibrant cosmopolitan city a lively hotel with a cosmopolitan atmosphere2a cosmopolitan person, belief, opinion etc shows a wide experience of different people and places:  Brigitta has such a cosmopolitan outlook on life. cosmopolitan1 adjectivecosmopolitan2 noun cosmopolitancosmopolitan2 noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Hassan is a French-speaking cosmopolitan. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Locals were found to have more power than cosmopolitans. Of course, better lounges and bartenders understand the classical value of martinis and cosmopolitans. Vernacular cosmopolitans are compelled to make a tryst with cultural translation as an act of survival. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a cosmopolitan city (=full of people from different parts of the world)· San Francisco is a very cosmopolitan city. someone who has travelled a lot and feels at home in any part of the world
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