| 释义 |
foreignerfor‧eign‧er /ˈfɒrənə $ ˈfɔːrənər, ˈfɑː-/ ●●● W3 noun [countable]   - A lot of foreigners work here illegally.
- About 40 million foreigners visited the US last year.
- Saleem felt that people were suspicious of him because he was a foreigner.
- After nearly 8,000 reported attacks on foreigners since the start of 1992, it was the first big, violent public reaction.
- Individually and collectively, they refuse to allow us to be foreigners through our worst pain.
- More than once I looked, too, to see the foreigner.
- She was a foreigner and already had more than enough to do inside her own organisation.
from a different country► foreigner someone who comes from another country - many people consider it impolite to call someone a foreigner: · A lot of foreigners work here illegally.· Saleem felt that people were suspicious of him because he was a foreigner.· About 40 million foreigners visited the US last year. ► alien someone who lives or works in your country, but who comes from another country - used especially in legal and official contexts: · Some aliens may qualify for citizenship under the new law.illegal aliens: · The law makes it easier to find and deport illegal aliens. ► expatriate especially British also expat British informal someone who has gone to live in a foreign country, especially because they have a job there: · I was in Spain for over a year, but most of my friends were expatriates.· Schmidt was a German expatriate who had been living in Portugal since 1989. ADJECTIVE► anti· After they failed to find their intended victim, they embarked on an indiscriminate anti-foreigner rampage.· They were anti-foreigner, anti-regulation and anti-union. ► other· No other foreigners are training at the moment.· With other foreigners they account for a quarter of trading.· People even from other Ridings were foreigners. VERB► allow· No other country in the world allows foreigners to buy its land like this.· Individually and collectively, they refuse to allow us to be foreigners through our worst pain. ► buy· No other country in the world allows foreigners to buy its land like this.· If exports are priced in pounds, they will now be cheaper in foreign currency terms for foreigners to buy. ► sell· Some countries, though, prohibit certain firms from selling shares to foreigners. someone who comes from a different country:  Some of the local people are suspicious of foreigners.RegisterThe word foreigner can sound negative and not very friendly. In everyday English, people often say people from other countries:· I like meeting people from other countries. |