A form of standard spoken English associated with BBC announcers.
(一种英国广播公司播音员使用的)标准英语
they have chosen not to abandon the speech patterns of their region for the blander cadences of BBC English
Example sentencesExamples
He writes these magnificent sweeping sentences in this wonderful old BBC English that nobody actually speaks anymore.
This special race, in aid of BBC Sport Relief, will feature 14 mascots representing each of the BBC English regions.
I have never heard Ms Grant speak and I do not know or care if her accent is cut-glass BBC English, Scouse or Glaswegian.
Not coincidentally, the early twentieth-century BBC radio announcers were required to wear dinner jackets for their evening broadcasts, while disseminating the news in their correct BBC English.
Because traditional BBC English sounded too bossy, she has a ‘mid-Atlantic’ accent.
As I understand it, traditional BBC English, in contrast, is perceived by most people as being a marked value.
Members of the centre are granted access to BBC English teaching materials as well as BBC videos on its premises.
So, since Shakespearean nobles did not uphold the standards of today's BBC English, they must have had no standards at all, right?