单词 | globalization |
释义 | globalization (once / 11047 pages) n Globalization is the process of ideas, products, and people moving around the planet with greater ease and efficiency. Globalization takes advantage of cheaper labor in less developed nations but increases free trade between nations and the free flow of capital. Globalization has transcended its traditionally economic concept to be used in many different ways now. The globalization of Barbie began with the opening of a Barbie boutique in Beijing. Use globalization anytime a trend spreads beyond its expected boundaries, reaches beyond expected populations. "At your high school, girls started a trend of wearing hard hats to school every day. Your cousin in Austria mentions girls doing it there. You can joke that the trend has 'gone global.'" WORD FAMILYglobalize: globalization, globalized, globalizes, globalizing+/conglobate: conglobated, conglobation/global: globaler, globalise, globalize, globally/globalise: globalisation/globe: conglobate, global, globes, globular/globular: globularly, globularness USAGE EXAMPLESEuropean populists sought to preserve their national institutions against encroaching Europeanization — a term they use sometimes interchangeably with globalization. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) A growing backlash against globalization puts Apple and other big multinationals directly in the sightlines of two increasingly combative giants: the United States and China. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) And the Leave vote’s symbolic impact also resonated around the world, since it represented an embrace of nationalism over globalization. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) n growth to a global or worldwide scale the globalization of the communication industry Syn|Hyper globalisation economic process any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth |
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