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Globalization Trend Nations Free Barbie Expected Girls 英

英语单词 globalization
英美音标 英 [ˌɡləʊbəlaɪ'zeɪʃn] 美 [ˌɡloʊbələ'zeɪʃn]
中文释义 n.全球化
=globalisation(英).
英语例句 (1) The globalization of information is unstoppable.
(2) Drug Crime tends to be a globalization issue.
中文例句 (1) 信息全球化势不可挡。
(2) 毒品犯罪是一个全球化的问题。
vocabulary简明 Globalization is the process of ideas, products, and people moving around the planet with greater ease and efficiency. Globalization takes advantage of cheaper labor in less developed nations but increases free trade between nations and the free flow of capital.
vocabulary扩展 Globalization has transcended its traditionally economic concept to be used in many different ways now. The globalization of Barbie began with the opening of a Barbie boutique in Beijing. Use globalization anytime a trend spreads beyond its expected boundaries, reaches beyond expected populations. "At your high school, girls started a trend of wearing hard hats to school every day. Your cousin in Austria mentions girls doing it there. You can joke that the trend has 'gone global.'"

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