window on the world

短语

词形变化

windows on the world 复数 windows on the world

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something which provides information about or interaction with a variety of people, places, events, or things outside of one's immediate sphere of experience.

    习语

    In short, China's pragmatic post-Mao leaders value Hong Kong as a window on the world and a source of foreign exchange, investment capital and expertise.

    Perhaps the clearest example is the growing popularity of personal computers that give people a window on the world. The Internet and commercial network services provide all kinds of information (good and not so good), and interpersonal contact through electronic mail, various discussion groups, and message boards.

    [H]is main concern was to reaffirm the enduring value of museums as windows on the world.

    (subtitle) The North-South Institute, a once-venerated foreign policy think-tank, quietly shuts down.