unilingual
unilingual — 形容詞
- unilingualpositive
- more unilingualcomparative
- most unilingualsuperlative
1. able to speak, read, or write in only one language; describing a person, communi
單語的
只使用一種語言的
able to speak, read, or write in only one language; describing a person, community, or document that makes use of a single language
Selim's grandfather remained unilingual even after living in the capital for twenty years.
Selim 的祖父即使住在首都二十年，仍然只會說一種語言。
remain + unilingual — describing a lifelong language limitation
The unilingual warning label on the medicine bottle put non-English-speaking patients at risk.
藥瓶上只印了英文的警語標籤，讓非英語病人暴露在風險中。
unilingual + noun (warning label / sign / document)
Meera felt unilingual compared to her classmates, who all spoke at least two languages.
Meera 在同學面前覺得自己只會一種語言很不足，因為大家都會說至少兩種語言。
At a unilingual Tokyo firm, Yuki's team lost ideas from multilingual remote workers.
在只使用日語的東京公司，Yuki 的團隊錯失了來自多語遠端員工的創意。
Tamar, though unilingual in Hebrew, managed to communicate through hand gestures and simple English.
Tamar 雖然只會說希伯來語，但靠著手勢和簡單的英文還是設法溝通了。
- monolingual
the dominant, more neutral term in everyday and most academic English
- single-language
used primarily as a compound modifier before nouns (e.g. single-language policy)
- multilingual
able to use several languages
- bilingual
able to use two languages
- polyglot
knowing or using many languages; more formal
用法筆記
Unilingual is far less common than monolingual in everyday English. It appears mainly in formal or academic writing on language policy, and is especially frequent in Canadian English where official bilingualism provides a natural contrast.