| 单词 | alien |
| 释义 | alien noun¹ 1non-citizen非公民adjective | verb + alien adjective➤enemy敌国侨民◆during the war, he was imprisoned as an enemy alien.战争期间，他作为敌国侨民被关押。➤illegal, undocumented (name) 非法外侨；未登记的侨民（非法入境侨民）◆illegal aliens are usually deported to their country of origin.非法外侨通常被逐回原籍国。➤criminal (name) 犯罪的外国人▸➤undesirable不受欢迎的外国人▸➤resident外籍居民verb + alien➤deport将侨民驱逐出境◆the provisions would broaden the government's ability to deport aliens.这些规定会扩大政府驱逐侨民的能力。➤apprehend, arrest, detain (all especially name) 拘押／逮捕／拘留侨民➤hire (especially name) 雇用侨民◆it is illegal for employers to hire aliens not authorized for employment. (name) 雇主雇用无就业许可的侨民是非法的。alien noun² 2creature from another planet来自另一行星的生物adjective | alien + verb adjective➤space外星人◆do you genuinely believe that space aliens have landed on our planet?你真的相信外星人来过我们的星球吗？➤giant巨型外星人➤intelligent有智慧的外星人◆few movies represent intelligent aliens as physically different from humans.多数电影中有智慧的外星人几乎与人类长得差不多。alien + verb➤abduct, kidnap外星人诱拐／绑架◆he was convinced that he'd been abducted by aliens.他坚信自己被外星人绑架过。➤invade外星人入侵◆in the movie aliens invade earth.该影片中，外星人入侵了地球。alien adjectiveverbs | adverb | preposition verbs➤be, feel, seem陌生；感觉陌生；好像陌生▸➤become变得陌生▸➤find sth觉得⋯陌生◆it was an act of violence that she found alien and shocking.这是一起让她感到陌生和震惊的暴力行为。adverb➤so, very如此格格不入；很陌生▸➤completely, entirely, totally, utterly截然不同；完全陌生▸➤quite, somewhat相当／有些陌生▸➤essentially本质上不同◆what is it like to live in an essentially alien culture?生活在截然不同的文化中会是什么样呢？preposition➤to对⋯来说陌生◆they spoke a language totally alien to him.他们说一种对他来说完全陌生的语言。 alien /eɪliən/ (often disapproving) from another country or society; foreign外国的；异域的◆his last years were spent alone and insecure in an alien land.他生命的最后几年是孤身一人在异国他乡度过的，很没有安全感。◆native woodland was destroyed and alien conifers were planted.本土的林地被毁后，植上了外国的针叶树。opp native → cultural note 辨析 which word? foreign is by far the most frequent of these words and has the widest range. when describing groups of people such as visitors, investors or buyers, overseas is often preferred, especially when the group includes people who are not foreign but are living in a foreign country. * foreign 在这些词中最常用，含义最宽泛。overseas 常用以描述 visitor、investor 或 buyer 之类的群体，尤其是此类群体中包括一些外侨时◆in this constituency only 65 overseas voters registered in time to vote.在这个选区中，只有 65 名海外选民及时登记了投票。'foreign voters' would be people living in your own country who are from a foreign country. both overseas and external are used especially in the contexts of business and politics: they are factual, businesslike words and contain no suggestion of 'difference' or 'strangeness', which foreign sometimes does. alien is a more literary word and often carries a stronger sense of difference or strangeness, often in a negative or disapproving way. it is also used to describe plants and animals from a foreign country. * foreign voter 指住在本国的外籍选民。overseas 和 external 尤用于商务和政治语境，均为事实性、公务性的词语，并不暗含“差异”或“奇怪”之义，而 foreign 有时则带有这些含义。alien 更具文学色彩，常含有较强的“差异”或“奇怪”之义，且常常是负面或贬义的。alien 亦可修饰异域的动植物。alien /eɪliən/ (written) strange and frightening; different from what you are used to陌生而可怕的；不熟悉的◆in a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security.在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。alien¹/ˈeɪliən ||; ˈelɪən/noun[c] 1. a creature that comes from another planet 外星生物；外星人 2. (formal 正式) a person who comes from another country 外侨；外国人；侨民 alien²/ˈeɪliən ||; ˈelɪən/adj1. of another country; foreign 外国的；外地的: ◇an alien land 外国的土地 2. alien (to sb) very strange and completely different from your normal experience 陌生的；不习惯的；不熟悉的 aliensee ⇨ foreign 2☞ alien¹☞ alien² |
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