monolinguals

monolinguals

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• 網絡單語；單語交際者；認知能力均比單語

例句

Bilinguals, for instance, seem to be more adept than monolinguals at solving certain kinds of mental puzzles.

例如，通雙語者似乎在解決某些心靈難題的時候比只通一種語言的人更得心應手。

So we put monolinguals and bilinguals into a driving simulator.

這樣，我們讓單語者和雙語者模擬駕車。

Bilinguals also appear to be better at learning new languages than monolinguals.

而且雙語學習者在學習新語言時要比單語言者表現的更好。

In terms of monolinguals and bilinguals, the big thing that we have found is that the connections are different.

在單語者與雙語者方面，我們的重要發現是，其中的聯系是不同的。

Research in the sixties found the opposite. Bilingual people scored higher than monolinguals--people who speak only one language.

而六十年代研究的發現則恰恰相反，“雙語者”比只懂一種語言的“單語者”得分更高。

The key difference between bilinguals and monolinguals may be more basic: a heightened ability to monitor the environment.

通雙語者與只通一種語言的人之間的關鍵區別可能更根本：一種監控環境的顯著能力。

So we have monolinguals solving a problem, and they use X systems, but when bilinguals solve the same problem, they use others.

所以，我們讓單語者解決一個問題，他們使用X系統，然而，當雙語者解決同一個問題時，他們使用其它系統。

But when we looked at their brains, we found that the bilinguals had significantly more damage than the monolinguals.

然而，通過檢查患者的大腦，我們發現，雙語使用者大腦受到的損傷大得多。