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abroad

/uh-brawd/US // əˈbrɔd //UK // (əˈbrɔːd) //

在国外,国外,在海外,在外国

Related Words

overseas海外,海外的elsewhere其他地方,在其他地方,其它地方,别处away离开了,离开,离开的时候,走了traveling旅行,旅游,旅行时,旅行中的touring巡回演出,巡回赛,巡演,巡回演唱会

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in or to a foreign country or countries: famous at home and abroad.
    • : in or to another continent: Shall we go to Mexico or abroad this summer?
    • : out of doors; from one place to another; about: No one was abroad in the noonday heat. The owl ventures abroad at night.
    • : spread around; in circulation: Rumors of disaster are abroad.
    • : broadly; widely; far and wide.
    • : wide of the mark; in error.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a foreign land or lands: imports from abroad.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.in a foreign country
Synonyms
away离开了,离开,离开的时候,走了elsewhere其他地方,在其他地方,其它地方,别处overseas海外,海外的in foreign lands在外国的土地上,在外国土地上,在异国他乡,在国外的土地上in foreign parts在外国地区,在国外,在国外的部分,在外国的部分out of the country出国,出境,境外,外地touring巡回演出,巡回赛,巡演,巡回演唱会traveling旅行,旅游,旅行时,旅行中的

Examples

  • Since her arrival in Dubai, Kriel has welcomed members of the city’s well-heeled Jewish community and travelers from abroad, including the chief rabbi of Poland, to her home for holiday and Sabbath dinners.

  • By redoubling its investments in clean-energy innovation at home and recommitting to its promises abroad, the United States can speed the development of technologies critical for deep decarbonization.

  • According to its official website, the fund was set up to collect donations from India and abroad to “undertake and support relief or assistance of any kind relating to a public health emergency or any other kind of emergency.”

  • In 2018, Berkshire invested in two payments companies abroad, plowing $600 million altogether into Brazil’s StoneCo and India’s Paytm in deals that were largely attributed to Todd Combs, one of Berkshire’s portfolio managers.

  • After several delays from its planned July release date, the movie opened abroad on August 26 and did reasonably well, grossing about $53 million in its opening weekend, higher than analysts’ projected $40 million.

  • I had been studying abroad in London, and came back to finish the semester at Tufts.

  • A single father, he had been living abroad and returned when his mother was diagnosed with cancer.

  • Groups like the Crips and MS-13 have spread from coast to coast, and even abroad.

  • Those who served abroad were treated with suspicion that they had been infected by European diplomacy.

  • Youssef said the jailings are not only driving the community underground but pushing many to move abroad.

  • Like every other Spanish general in supreme command abroad, Polavieja had his enemies in Spain.

  • While the fortress was undermining at home, they were not idle, who were preparing to storm it from abroad.

  • And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.

  • Germany invests money abroad, but she seems to borrow as much, and more, in the discount markets of London and Paris.

  • In the town the European mode of living is entirely prevalent—more so than in any other place abroad that I have seen.

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