This word lives with the belief that it is important and good to include people and ideas from many countries, races, and religions. A multiculturalist is, most often, a person who holds that belief. You can also use it as an adjective: a multiculturalist view, a multiculturalist policy — the same camp, used to describe the view or the people in it.

This word lives with the belief that這個詞跟一種信念綁在一起，那就是： it is important and good to include people and ideas from many countries, races, and religions納入來自許多國家、種族和宗教的人和想法，是重要且好的。 A multiculturalist is, most oftenmulticulturalist多半指的是 a person who holds that belief持有這種信念的人。 You can also use it as an adjective你也可以把它當形容詞用： a multiculturalist view, a multiculturalist policya multiculturalist view、a multiculturalist policy—— the same camp同一個陣營， used to describe the view or the people in it用來形容那種觀點，或抱持這種觀點的人。

Though actually, the ending is doing a job students mix up. -ism is the belief (multiculturalism). -ist is usually the person, or the adjective for that camp. If you say “she is a multiculturalist,” you are naming a person, not the idea itself. Some loose writing treats multiculturalist as if it were the belief; a careful speaker will not copy that.

Though actually不過， the ending is doing a job students mix up這個字尾做的事，學生常常搞混： -ism is the belief (multiculturalism)-ism是那個信念（multiculturalism）， -ist is usually the person, or the adjective for that camp-ist通常是那個人，或是那個陣營的形容詞。 If you say “she is a multiculturalist,”如果你說「she is a multiculturalist」， you are naming a person你指的是一個人， not the idea itself而不是那個概念本身。 Some loose writing treats multiculturalist as if it were the belief有些不夠嚴謹的寫作，會把multiculturalist當成那個信念本身在用； a careful speaker will not copy that謹慎的人不會這樣用。

Like its cousin, this word lives in news and argument. Some people wear it proudly. Some people spit it, as if a multiculturalist were naive or “political” in a bad way.

Like its cousin就跟它的同源詞一樣， this word lives in news and argument這個詞活在新聞和爭論裡。 Some people wear it proudly有些人驕傲地把它戴在身上。 Some people spit it有些人則是不屑地說出這個詞， as if a multiculturalist were naive or “political” in a bad way彷彿multiculturalist是天真的，或是帶著負面意味的「political」。

The word itself does not tell you which feeling the speaker has — the rest of the sentence does. It is a little formal. Everyday English might just say “people who believe in multiculturalism.”

The word itself does not tell you which feeling the speaker has這個詞本身不會告訴你說話者是什麼態度—— the rest of the sentence does句子的其他部分才會。 It is a little formal它有點正式。 Everyday English might just say日常英文可能就直接說 “people who believe in multiculturalism.”「people who believe in multiculturalism.」