multi-

构词前缀，表示“多”

历史久而常用的词（如multilateral多边的，multinational多国的）之间可没有连字符；而临时组造的词则用连字符，如：multi-purpose等。

【例】The product must be packed in multi-wallpaper bags.

产品必须用有多层壁纸做成的纸袋包装。

multilateral

多边的，多方向的

【例】At that time the focus of work for China to enter the WTO had shifted from bilateral negotiations to multilateral negotiations.

当时中国参加WTO工作重点已从双边谈判转移到多边谈判。

multinational

【1】多国的，跨国的

【例】The multinational corporation, or global company as it is sometimes called, is the outgrowth of the great trading companies of the 17th and 18th centuries.

多国公司，有时也称为全球性公司，它是17和18世纪大贸易公司发展的结果。

【2】多国公司

multinational = multinational corporation

【例】A multinational should standardize its product lines to maximize its production efficiency.多国公司应使其产品系列标准化，最大地发挥其生产效率。

【3】multinational corporation

多国公司，跨国公司

又名transnational corporation。

【例】Multinational corporations look at the world as their base of operations.

多国公司将世界视为其经营业务的基地。