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cosmopolitan

/koz-muh-pol-i-tn/US // ˌkɒz məˈpɒl ɪ tn //UK // (ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtən) //

大都会,大都会的,都市人,世界性的

Related Words

worldly属世的,世俗的,属世,属世界的urbane彬彬有礼,彬彬有礼的,彬彬有礼的人,有礼貌的cultured有文化的,有教养的,有文化的人,有文化metropolitan大都会,大都市,都市,都市人sophisticated复杂的,复杂,成熟的,老练catholic天主教会,天主教徒,天主教,天主教的universal普及,普遍性,普遍,普遍的smooth顺利,顺畅,畅通,平滑public公共,公众,公开,公共的ecumenical普世教会,普世基督教,普世,普世的global全球,全球性的,全球的,全球性gregarious喜好社交的人,喜好交际,喜怒无常,喜好社交的planetary行星,行星的,行星的人polished锃亮的,抛光的,锃亮,锃光瓦亮的worldwide世界范围内,全球范围内,全世界,全世界范围内cultivated栽培的,培养的,养殖的,耕种的well-travelled游刃有余,善于旅行的人,闯荡江湖,游刃有余的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
    • : of or characteristic of a cosmopolite.
    • : belonging to all the world; not limited to just one part of the world.
    • : Botany, Zoology. widely distributed over the globe.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who is free from local, provincial, or national bias or attachment; citizen of the world; cosmopolite.
    • : a cocktail made with vodka, cranberry juice, an orange-flavored liqueur, and lime juice.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.worldly-wise
Synonyms
cultured有文化的,有教养的,有文化的人,有文化metropolitan大都会,大都市,都市,都市人sophisticated复杂的,复杂,成熟的,老练urbane彬彬有礼,彬彬有礼的,彬彬有礼的人,有礼貌的worldly属世的,世俗的,属世,属世界的catholic天主教会,天主教徒,天主教,天主教的public公共,公众,公开,公共的smooth顺利,顺畅,畅通,平滑universal普及,普遍性,普遍,普遍的cultivated栽培的,培养的,养殖的,耕种的ecumenical普世教会,普世基督教,普世,普世的global全球,全球性的,全球的,全球性gregarious喜好社交的人,喜好交际,喜怒无常,喜好社交的planetary行星,行星的,行星的人polished锃亮的,抛光的,锃亮,锃光瓦亮的well-travelled游刃有余,善于旅行的人,闯荡江湖,游刃有余的worldwide世界范围内,全球范围内,全世界,全世界范围内

Examples

  • During what would turn out to be a 12-year stint in office, Ferré transformed Miami from a one-trick tourist destination into a thriving cosmopolitan city by fostering high-rise construction and opening the city’s ports to international business.

  • Adams carried most of the city’s neighborhoods outside its cosmopolitan core.

  • Its cosmopolitan hippies and surfers and acid burnouts still exist, but they share a state with millions of people who are more rural, more conservative, more rugged.

  • At the same time, though, where Bush was incurious and parochial, Obama was intellectual and cosmopolitan.

  • Compared with those settlements, Salisbury was cosmopolitan.

  • Cosmopolitan has asked readers, “Are You Dating a Lumbersexual?”

  • The Levant is already a far cry from the cosmopolitan melting pot it once was.

  • He is deeply rooted in a heartfelt and learned cosmopolitan spiritualism.

  • The British editor of Cosmopolitan says she loves talking about (and having) sex.

  • Cosmopolitan is bringing its hilariously bad sex tips to lesbians now.

  • He was mentally so cosmopolitan, so much at ease in the world, that here in London he readily found himself at home indeed.

  • As he spoke he gesticulated slightly, and no second glance was needed to realise that he was a thorough-going cosmopolitan.

  • In certain moods he possessed that dash and devil-may-care air which pleases most women, providing the man is a cosmopolitan.

  • He was a marvellously alert man, an unusually good linguist, and a cosmopolitan to his finger-tips.

  • No second glance at Fetherston was needed to ascertain that he was a most thorough-going cosmopolitan.

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