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An anglophone is someone who speaks English, especially as a first language or as the main language of home and public life. It is also an adjective: an anglophone country, the anglophone world, anglophone Africa.
An anglophone is someone who speaks Englishanglophone是指說英語的人,especially as a first language or as the main language of home and public life尤其是以英語為母語,或是家庭和公共生活的主要語言。It is also an adjective它也是形容詞:an anglophone country英語系國家,the anglophone world英語世界,anglophone Africa說英語的非洲地區。
The word is at home in places where English sits next to another big language — above all Canada, where anglophone is set against francophone, and in parts of Africa. Though actually, writers do not always mean “first language only.” Sometimes they mean anyone in the English-speaking camp, including people who use English at school and work but speak another language at home.
The word is at home in places where English sits next to another big language這個字常出現在英語和另一個大語言並存的地方 — above all Canada尤其是加拿大,where anglophone is set against francophone在那裡anglophone是跟francophone(法語族群)相對的,and in parts of Africa以及非洲的部分地區。Though actually不過事實上,writers do not always mean “first language only.”作者不見得只是指「母語」而已 Sometimes they mean anyone in the English-speaking camp有時候他們指的是任何屬於英語陣營的人,including people who use English at school and work but speak another language at home包括那些在學校和工作用英語、但家裡講別的語言的人。
It is a formal, news-and-academic word. In a Taiwan classroom you more often just say English speaker or English-speaking.
It is a formal, news-and-academic word這是個正式的字,常見於新聞和學術。In a Taiwan classroom在台灣的課堂上 you more often just say English speaker or English-speaking你比較常直接說 English speaker 或 English-speaking。
It has nothing to do with a telephone, even though -phone also lives in that word.
It has nothing to do with a telephone它跟telephone(電話)一點關係也沒有,even though -phone also lives in that word雖然-phone這個字根也出現在telephone裡。
組成From Anglo- (English) + -phone (sound / speech), the same -phone as in francophone.
同家族的字
- francophonesame -phone ending: a French speaker, or French-speaking
- anglophilesame Anglo- start, but that word is about liking England, not speaking English
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Anglophoneadj/ˈæŋɡləˌfəʊn/
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English-speaking.
- the Anglophone media
- Ireland is an unusual anglophone location in that it is an island of some size with a population large enough for internal dialectal variation. It can be compared in this respect with Newfoundland and possibly with Jamaica and New Zealand (two islands, of course). Other anglophone locations are either much larger (United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia) or so small that an internal differentiation of varieties is not recognisable, cf. the many anglophone islands of the Caribbean as well as such islands as Malta or Tristan da Cunha.
Anglophonenoun/ˈæŋɡləˌfəʊn/
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One who speaks English, generally natively.
- When we consider the situation of Anglophones in Quebec, we quickly realize that the vitality of this group depends upon its geographical location. In and around Montreal, Anglophones have good access to English-language resources and services. They also have their own institutions, although French is now part of these institutions. Anglophones living in and around Montreal are better served in their language than anywhere else in the province.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。