cross-disciplinary

/ˌkrɒs dɪsəˈplɪnəri/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌkrɔːs ˈdɪsəpləneri/ (ame, ipa)

cross-disciplinary — 形容詞

1. bringing together ideas, methods, or people from two or more separate subjects o

1.形容詞C1
釋義

跨領域的

結合多個學科知識與方法的

bringing together ideas, methods, or people from two or more separate subjects of study, so that the work draws on what each subject knows best.

例句

Bilal joined a cross-disciplinary team of biologists, designers, and engineers building a new prosthetic hand.

Bilal 加入了一個跨領域團隊，由生物學家、設計師和工程師一起開發新型義肢手。

attributive use: cross-disciplinary + team

Élise's cross-disciplinary research combines linguistics and computer science to teach machines how to read poetry.

Élise 的跨領域研究結合語言學與資訊科學，教電腦怎麼閱讀詩。

collocation: cross-disciplinary research

同義詞
  • interdisciplinary

    near-identical; more common in everyday academic writing

  • multidisciplinary

    emphasises that several fields are involved side by side, with less blending than 'cross-disciplinary'

  • transdisciplinary

    stronger — the fields merge into a new shared framework, not just borrow from each other

反義詞

文法句型

cross-disciplinary + noun

用法筆記

Used almost only before a noun (attributive), such as 'team', 'research', 'approach', 'project', 'program'. Rarely used after 'be'; if you need a predicative form, prefer 'is interdisciplinary' or restructure the sentence.

常見錯誤

❌Our project is cross-disciplinary in nature.
✅Our project is interdisciplinary.' / 'We work across disciplines.
💡'cross-disciplinary' sounds awkward after 'be'; use 'interdisciplinary' or rephrase.
❌a cross-disciplinary student
✅a student in a cross-disciplinary program
💡the word describes the work or program, not the individual person.