monolingual

英 [ˌmɒnəˈlɪŋɡwəl]

美 [ˌmɑːnəˈlɪŋɡwəl]

adj.  单语的; 只用一种语言的

复数：monolinguals　

TEM8

BNC.44195 / COCA.32135

牛津词典

adj.

• 单语的；只用一种语言的
  speaking or using only one language
  1. a monolingual dictionary
     单语词典

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 单语的;只使用一种语言的
  Monolingualmeans involving, using, or speaking one language.
  1. ...a largely monolingual country such as Great Britain.
     像英国这样主要使用一种语言的国家

英英释义

noun

• a person who knows only one language

adj

• using or knowing only one language
  1. monolingual speakers
  2. a monolingual dictionary

双语例句

• The study involved having bilingual and monolingual children look at images of animals or depictions of colors on a computer screen.
  研究中，会讲两种语言和只会讲一种语言的孩子看着电脑屏幕上动物的图片或者彩色的描绘。
• The monolingual foreign learners 'dictionaries of Chinese are quite different from those for native speakers.
  对外汉语学习单语词典与给本国人使用的词典有很大的不同。
• Method of deriving definition primitives from a monolingual dictionary
  从单语词典中获取定义原语的一种方法
• If such a view were to prevail, Singapore would eventually become a monolingual society and the bilingual policy would exist only in name.
  如果让这种主张占主导，到头来，新加坡必成为单语社会，双语政策名存实亡。
• Now let me put it this way, if I met a monolingual Dutch speaker who had the cure for cancer, would I stop him from entering my British University?
  现在容我换一个方式说，如果我遇到了一位只会说荷兰话的人，而这个人能治愈癌症，我会阻止他进入我的英国大学吗？
• Lots of bilingual countries even monolingual countries did bilingual experiments and had great achievements.
  许多双语国家甚至单语国家陆续实施双语教育实验并获得重大成功。
• Assumption on the Compilation of a Simple Monolingual Learner's Dictionary of Chinese as a Foreign Language
  编纂简明汉语单语系列学习词典的构想
• No matter in monolingual or bilingual countries, there is successful bilingual education. Australian bilingual education is a classic example.
  双语教育不管是在单语国家还是在双语国家都有成功的典型，澳大利亚的双语教育，就是一个成功的典型。
• The current work focuses on the derivation of definition primitives from a monolingual dictionary.
  文中主要讨论了从单语词典中获取定义原语的方法。
• Research by Australian universities has shown that a monolingual country often performs worse in international trade and diplomacy.
  澳大利亚大学的研究表明，单语国家通常在国际贸易和外交中表现不佳。