language
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/ us/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
A1 语言
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, and grammar, or the system of communication used by people in a particular country or type of work
She does research into how children acquire language. 她研究儿童是如何习得语言的。
Do you speak any foreign languages?" 你会说外语吗？
I'm hopeless at learning languages. 我根本不是学语言的料。
the English language 英语
legal/technical language 法律专业用语／术语
the language of business 商业用语
Java and Perl are both important computer programming languages (= systems of writing instructions for computers). Java 和 Perl 都是重要的计算机编程语言。
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- She's studying modern Japanese language and culture.
- Unable to speak a word of the language, he communicated with his hands.
- We were encouraged to learn foreign languages at school.
- Her novels have been translated into 19 languages.
- One of the main reasons I came to England was to study the language.
Idiom
speak/talk the same languageidiom 有共同语言
to have similar ideas and similar ways of expressing them
We come from similar backgrounds, so we speak the same language. 我们的出身相似，所以有共同语言。