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afield

/uh-feeld/US // əˈfild //UK // (əˈfiːld) //

外地,外地人,外地的,外地的人

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : abroad; away from home.
    • : off the beaten path; far and wide: to go afield in one's reading.
    • : off the mark: His criticism was totally afield.
    • : in or to the field or countryside.
    • : beyond the range or field of one's experience, knowledge, acquaintanceship, etc.: a philosophy far afield of previous philosophical thought.

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Examples

  • I’ve always wanted to ski Japan’s north island and also in Scandinavia, but following the pandemic, I plan to stay slightly closer to home and venture further afield as I adjust to whatever the new normal is.

  • If they have lost a job or income due to the pandemic, they might be moving to Arizona or Mexico or even further afield.

  • Delivery in its neighborhood — San Francisco’s Sunset district — costs $5, while those farther afield in the city pay $10.

  • Candidate sandwichesWhen chefs think of Delaware, they think of Capriotti’s — a sandwich shop that began in Wilmington and now has locations as far afield as Texas and California.

  • For Clorox executives, that means focusing on new areas, becoming experts on their own, and not having investment banks push ill-advised deals in categories too far afield.

  • Rising labor costs are another force pushing restaurant owners further afield, Pemoulie says.

  • At some point, he would like to take the project even further afield.

  • And this is pretty far afield, but keep an eye on Aleppo in Syria.

  • Some of them came from wealthier families who could afford to flee a little further afield than the countries bordering Syria.

  • Afield said no one knows why Julie Schenecker killed her children, except Julie Schenecker.

  • They come in wonderful hunting regalia and in all the wonderful splendor of the Britisher when he is afield.

  • The British officer afield is a very different creature from the gilded ornament of an English mess.

  • But he did know that they met now and then, that Mills seemed to have some curious knowledge of when Bland was far afield.

  • These were days that forbade Michael to walk afield, and that with haunting, autumnal birdsong held him in a trance.

  • Afield, he was able to pick up propaganda broadcasts from Ceres.