单词 | transnational |
释义 | transnational (once / 3806 pages) adj A transnational company operates in more than one country. A transnational chain of coffee shops, for example, might have cafes in the United States, England, Spain, and China. Use the adjective transnational to describe companies, policies, languages, or anything else that exists in several nations at the same time. A transnational human rights law could affect every developed country in the world, for instance. Another way to say transnational is international or multinational. The definition of the Latin prefix trans, however, gives a clear clue to the word's meaning: "across, beyond, or to go beyond." WORD FAMILYnational: International, international, multinational, nationalise, nationalism, nationality, nationalize, nationally, nationals, supranational, transnational+/International: Internationals/denationalise: denationalisation, denationalised, denationalising/denationalize: denationalization, denationalized, denationalizes, denationalizing/international: internationalise, internationalism, internationality, internationalize, internationally/internationalise: internationalisation, internationalised, internationalising/internationalism: internationalist, internationalistic/internationalist: internationalists/internationality: internationalities/internationalize: internationalization, internationalized, internationalizes, internationalizing/nation: national, nationhood, nations/nationalise: denationalise, nationalisation, nationalised, nationalising/nationalism: nationalisms, nationalist, nationalistic, ultranationalism/nationalist: nationalists/nationalistic: nationalistically/nationality: nationalities/nationalization: nationalizations/nationalize: denationalize, nationalization, nationalized, nationalizes, nationalizing/nationhood: nationhoods/supranational: supranationally/ultranationalism: ultranationalistic USAGE EXAMPLESThe illegal caviar trade is often associated with transnational organized crime. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) My friend in Tokyo was a lawyer who dealt with the complexities of transnational airline leases and wore immaculately tailored suits. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) The transition team said Bossert would focus on domestic and transnational security issues while Flynn focuses on international security challenges. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) adj involving or operating in several nations or nationalities transnational terrorist networks Syn multinational international concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations |
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