lingua franca

常见例句

Yet Ostler takes the view that by around 2050 no global lingua franca will be needed.
但奥斯特勒的观点是：到2050年前后，世界将不再需要全球性的通用语言。
However, while BPMN 1.1 is serving an important role today, it is far from realizing its full potential as lingua franca for business analysts.
然而，尽管现今BPMN 1.1充当了重要的角色，但它还远远没有实现它作为业务分析师通用语言的全部潜力。
On the flipside, English could lose its status as the global lingua franca and the need to learn it will become less relevant, thereby preserving a whole host of other languages.
另一方面，英语可能会失去它作为世界通用语的地位，学习英语也将变得没那么重要，但由此将能保护大量各种各样的语种。

The development of English into the world's lingua franca suggests that spelling is not an insuperable barrier.
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