Definition
透明度 is an abstract noun that covers both literal physical transparency (how see-through a material is) and figurative transparency in politics, business, or information (openness, clarity). In modern Chinese it's most frequently used in the figurative sense — 信息透明度 (information transparency), 政府透明度 (government transparency), 薪酬透明度 (salary transparency).
n.
(literal) transparency (of a material)(figurative) transparencyopenness (of information, policy, process)
Examples
- 透明度。Zhè zhǒng bōli de tòu míng dù hěn gāo.This kind of glass has high transparency.
- 透明度。Zhèngfǔ yīnggāi tígāo xìnxī tòu míng dù.The government should increase information transparency.
- 透明度。Gōngsī de juécè guòchéng quēfá tòu míng dù.The company's decision-making process lacks transparency.
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