multinational

Compared meaning: involving the whole world or many countries (adjective).

比较义项：涉及全世界或多个国家的（形容词）。

• global

  Global emphasizes that something covers or affects the entire planet, often used for large-scale issues, systems or problems (global warming, a global crisis) rather than for companies operating abroad.

  global强调某事物覆盖或影响整个地球，常用于重大议题、系统或问题（如全球变暖、全球性危机），而非用来指代在国外经营业务的公司。

  Climate change is a serious global problem today.

  气候变化是当今一个严重的全球性问题。

• international

  International highlights relations, activities or agreements between two or more separate countries; it does not require the whole world, and is common with people, students, agreements and organizations rather than businesses' operations.

  international强调两个或多个独立国家之间的关系、活动或协议，并不要求涉及全世界，常与人员、留学生、协议和组织搭配，而非用于企业的经营范围。

  The company hired several international students last summer.

  这家公司去年夏天招聘了几名国际学生。

• worldwide

  Worldwide focuses on being present or known everywhere on Earth, often describing spread, popularity or distribution; unlike global, it commonly follows the noun or verb it modifies (available worldwide, popular worldwide).

  worldwide侧重某事物遍布或为全世界所知，常用来描述传播范围、知名度或分布情况；与global不同，它通常放在所修饰的名词或动词之后（如置于其后：available worldwide、popular worldwide）。

  The app quickly became popular with users worldwide.

  这款应用很快在全世界的用户中流行起来。

• multinational 本词

  Multinational specifically describes a company or organization that owns or operates facilities in several countries; it is a business term and is not used for abstract problems, students or general worldwide reach.

  multinational专指在多个国家拥有资产或开展业务的公司或机构，是一个商业用语，不用于描述抽象的问题、留学生或泛指的全球影响力。

  She works for a multinational company with offices in many countries.

  她在一家跨国公司工作，该公司在许多国家都设有办事处。

Global, international, worldwide, and multinational all involve more than one country. Global and worldwide stress covering the whole planet, as in 'global warming'. International highlights relations between countries, common with people or agreements. Multinational describes a company operating in several countries. Worldwide follows the noun.

这四个词都可用来描述超出一个国家范围的事物，容易被中国学习者混用，但侧重点不同：global和worldwide强调覆盖整个地球，international强调国与国之间的关系或往来，而multinational通常只用来描述在多个国家设有业务的公司或机构。此外，worldwide除作形容词外，还常放在名词或动词之后作副词使用（如sold worldwide），而global通常只放在名词前。