foreigner

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英 ['fɒrɪnə] 美['fɔrənɚ]

释义

n. 外地人，外国人

词态变化

复数: foreigners;

近义词

immigrant emigrant outlander barbarian alien outsider stranger newcomer

英文词源

foreigner (n.): early 15c., foreyner; see foreign + -er (1).
In ordinary use chiefly applied to those who speak a foreign language as their native tongue; thus in England the term is not commonly understood to include Americans. [OED]
In American English from 1620s through mid-19c., however, it was used of a person from a different colony or state. Earlier as a noun in English was simple foreign (early 14c.), probably from Old French, which used the adjective as a noun meaning "foreigner;" also "outskirts; the outside world; latrine, privy." Spelling furriner, representing pronunciation, is from 1832, originally in Irish dialect pieces but by 1840s picked up by American dialect writers (Thomas Chandler Haliburton).

双语例句

1. You don't sound like a foreigner talking English.: 听你讲英语，不像是外国人。

2. Being a foreigner was not a handicap.: 身为外国人并不是一个障碍。

3. Her family disowned her for marrying a foreigner.: 她的家人因她嫁给了外国人而与她断绝关系。

4. The fact that I was a foreigner was a big disadvantage.: 我是外国人这事实对我十分不利。

5. Being a foreigner, he did not catch on the joke.: 他是个外国人, 未能理解这个笑话的含意.

英英释意

1. a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

2. someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group

实用场景例句

The fact that I was a foreigner was a big disadvantage.: 我是外国人这事实对我十分不利。

I have always been regarded as a foreigner by the local folk.: 当地人总把我视为外地人。

They are discouraged from becoming close friends with foreigners.: 他们被劝说不要和外国人密切交往。

Foreigner: I was joking of course.: 外: 我当然是开个玩笑罢了.

Foreigner: That's great! It's not my day. I just have very bad sense of direction.: 外国人: 真是糟糕! 今天真不顺. 我的方向感的确很差.

Most of them say, " no children, pet, or foreigner allow. ": 大多是不租给孩子、有宠物的以及外国人.

The average earning salary of a foreigner working professionally in Beijing is 20, 000 rmb per month.: 在北京,一名外国员工的月平均工资为2万元人民币.

Any foreigner applying to enter Lhasa must be examined for approval by the High Commissioner's Office.: 凡外人要求到拉萨者,须听候驻藏大臣衙门审批.

As a foreigner, what do you think about peoples'attitudes towards life in Xinyu?: 作为一个外国人, 你怎么看待新余人的生活态度?

Foreigner: I know only too well that kind of people.: 外: 这种人我太了解了.

Baidu's media advertising positions them a suave Chinese native vs the clueless foreigner ( Google ).: 百度的媒体广告的立场,作为中国本土与温文尔雅的无言以对外国人 ( 谷歌 ).

Being a foreigner, he did not catch on the joke.: 他是个外国人, 未能理解这个笑话的含意.

She married a foreigner for mere lucre.: 她仅仅为钱财而嫁给了一个外国人.

Foreigner: It'seems nearly everybody owns a mobile phone in Beijing!: 外国人: 北京好像差不多人人都有手机了!

A foreigner is usually unfamiliar with many customs of a country.: 一个外国人通常不熟悉别国的风俗习惯.

V: Most in the foreigner believe of the religion.: (大多数外国人都信仰宗教. )

Often in Asia it doesn't go down well for a foreigner to be young and pushy.: 但在亚洲,作为一个外国年轻人,你不能显得咄咄逼人.

He was afraid she would reject him because he was a foreigner.: 他担心她会因他不是本国人而拒绝他.

I have never met a foreigner who speaks such perfect Chinese.: 我从来没有遇到一个外国人汉语说得这么好.

Foreigner: I see blocks and blocks of new apartment houses being built in and around Beijing.: 外国人: 我看见北京城里城外正在修建大量的公寓楼.

Close shot The foreigner is surprised.: (近景)外国人显得很惊讶.

I take it, no foreigner understands the life of an Irish gentleman without money.: 我相信, 没有一个外国人会了解身无分文的爱尔兰绅士的生活.

He is not a foreigner, but he speaks English with an accent of America.: 他不是外国人, 但他说英语时带有美国口音.

She becomes a companion to a foreigner.: 她成为一个外国人的同伴.

His accent argues him to be a foreigner.: 他的腔调表明他是个外国人.

The foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly.: 这个外国人对我们讲的话理解很好.

She is married to a foreigner.: 她跟了一个外国人.

Her family disowned her for marrying a foreigner.: 她的家人因她嫁给了外国人而与她断绝关系。

The fact that I was a foreigner was a big disadvantage.: 我是外国人这事实对我十分不利。

考试真题

Meanwhile, there are complaints that poor service at London’s major airports is discouraging foreigners from doing business in Britain.

Our topic today is about something that foreigners nearly always say when they visit Britain.

Some U.S. schoolsacknowledge the rigor of European secondary training, and will give up a year’s credit to foreigners who have passed their high school exams.

exports are rising because more foreigners have the ability to buy the things we produce and market.

Still others emphasize the role of race, arguing that foreigners add to the nation's fears and insecurities.

At the start of this year, foreigners living in italy amounted to 4.56 million of a total population of 60.6 million, or 7.5 percent, with immigrants’ children accounting for an ever larger percentage of births in italy.

Italians always "see me as a foreigner," an outsider, even though she's stayed in the country for years and can speak the local language fluently, she said.

The governments argue that this will help foreigners better join the society and promote understanding across cultures.

There is no doubt that this candidate's advantage lies in his ability to communicate with foreigners in English.

同义词辨析

stranger, foreigner, alien, immigrant

这些名词均有"陌生人，外人"之意。

stranger：指对当地的生活习惯、语言等不熟悉，或为某团体不熟的人，也指不认识的人。

foreigner：指在异国作短期访问或长期居住的外国人。

alien：指没有成为侨居国正式公民的移民。

immigrant：指在别国定居并取得所在国国籍的外国人。