sesquilingual

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to one language, plus a second in a limited capacity, degree, or content.

    罕用

    Ireland's sesquilingual situation is thus the inverse of the 'normal' European situation, where English is the prestige language and the native language of lower prestige.

  2. 2.

    Able to communicate fluently in one language, but only to a degree in another.

    罕用

    2004 Bill Sherk, 500 Years of New Words, Dundam, 2004, p. 187. The author of this dictionary coined the term sesquilingual in 1975 to describe people who know one language and part of another, a term that probably applies to the majority of Canadians, who know English and a smattering of French, or vice versa.

词源

From sesqui- + lingual.

来源：wiktionary