名词解释1.Intercultural communication refers to communication between people whoseculture perceptions and symbol systems are distinct enough to alter the communication event.跨文化交际:指拥有不同文化认知和符号体系的人文之间进行的交际。
2.Culture is a learned set of shared interpretations about beliefs, values,and norms, which affect the behavior of a relatively large group of people.文化是习得的一套关于信仰，价值观，规范的公认的解释，这些信仰，价值观，规范对相当大人类群体的行为产生影响。
3.Culture identity refers to one’s sense of belonging to a particularculture or ethnic group.文化身份：指有意识地把自己归为某一特定文化或种族群体。
4.Subculture are formed by groups of people possessing characteristictraits that set apart and distinguish them from others within a larger society or dominant culture.亚文化:具有能在更大的一个社会范围内或主流文化中使自己有别于他人的特点的人类群体所形成的文化。
5.Norms are culturally ingrained principles of correct and incorrectbehaviors which, if broken carry a form of overt or covert penalty.规范指的是正确和不正确行为根深蒂固的文化原则，这种不正确的行为一旦发生，就意味着一种显性或隐性的处罚。
6.文化震荡Culture shock refers to the traumatic experience that anindividual may encounter when entering a different culture.人们在进入一种新文化环境时，遭遇的痛苦和难忘的经历。
7.人际交际interpersonal communication: a small number of individuals whoare interacting exclusively with one another and who therefore have the ability to adapt their messages specifically for those others and to obtain immediate interpretations from them.指少数人之间的交往他们既能根据对方调整自己的信息，又能立即从对方那里获得解释。
8.世界观worldview :is the belief that we hold explaining the cosmos God,the nature of humanity and nature.指我们持有的对宇宙，神，人本质及自然的最根本的看法。
9.Context :it’s the information that surrounds an event ,it is inextricably bound up with the meaning of the event .10.高语境文化High-context culture :it's a kind of culture in which peopleare very homogeneous with regard to experiences ,information networks ,and the like ,. Chinese ,Japanese11.低语境文化Low-context culture :it's a kind of culture in which thepopulation is less homogeneous and therefore tends to compartmentalize interpersonal contacts ,. American ,German12.个人主义Individualism :broadly speaking ,individualism refers to thedoctrine theater the interests of the individual are of ought to be paramount ,and that all values ,rights and duties originate in individual s ,it emphasizes individual initiative ,independence ,individualexpression ,and even privacy .个人利益胜于集体利益13.集体主义Collectivism: it is characterized by a rigid social frameworkthat distinguish between in-groups and out-groups .people expect their in-group to look after them ,and in exchange for that they fell they owe absolute loyalty to the group .collectivism means greater emphasis on(1)the views ,needs ,and goals of the in-groups rather than oneself ;(2)social norms and duty defined by the in-group rather than behaviorto get pleasure ; (3)beliefs shared with the in-group; rather than beliefs that distinguish self from in group ; and (4)great readiness to cooperate with in group membership .个人融入集体。
14.对不确定因素的回避态度：uncertainty avoidance deals with a society’stolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity ;it ultimately refers to man’s search for truth.是关于一个社会对不确定性和模棱两可的容忍程度。
15.权利距离power distance：组织或机构里边，没有权力的成员对于权力不均等分配接受和期望的程度。
16.焦虑Anxiety occurs because of not knowing what one is expected to do,and focusing on that feeling and not be totally present in the communication transaction.在新环境下人们不知如何应对，过多关注自己的情绪，不能全身心投入到交际中。
17.假定一致性：(1) To assume people know how someone else is thinking basedon how they see things is called projected cognitive similarity.从自己看待事物的角度来判断别人的想法。
(2)Assuming similarity instead of difference refers to the assumptionthat people are more similar to you than they actually are or that another person's situation is more similar to you own situation than it in fact is.18.定势stereotypes：refers to negative or positive judgment made aboutindividuals based on any observable or believed group membership.针对目标群体成员所特有的正面或方面的判断。
19.偏见Prejudice refers to the irrational dislike, suspicion, or hatredof a particular group, race, religion, or sexual orientation.偏见是指对于某一特定群体，种类，宗教或性取向的无端的憎恶和怀疑。
20.言语交际Verbal intercultural communications happens when people fromdifferent cultural backgrounds communicate with each other by using language.当来自不同文化背景的人们用语言进行交流时言语交际就发生了。
21.禁忌语：Taboo refers to some words or actions that are avoided by aparticular group of people，or in certain for religious or social reasons.在特定文化中出于宗教或社会原因被一特定群体所避免使用的一些词语或行为。
22.委婉语：Euphemism means the act of substituting a mild,indirect,or vagueterm for one considered harsh,blunt,or offensive.指用温和的，间接的方式来代替严厉的，生硬的或冒犯的言语。