abroad
英[?'br??d]
美[?'br?d]
- adv. 在國外；到海外
- adj. 往國外的
- n. 海外；異國
中文詞源
abroad 到國處
來自古英語on brede. broad, 寬，喻指出門，離家，后指出國。
英文詞源
- abroad
- abroad: [13] It was only in the 15th century that abroad came to mean ‘in foreign parts’. Earlier, it had been used for ‘out of doors’, a sense still current today, if with a rather archaic air; but originally it meant ‘widely’ or ‘about’ (as in ‘noise something abroad’). It was formed quite simply from a ‘on’ and the adjective broad, although it was probably modelled on the much earlier (Old English) phrase on brede, in which brede was a noun, meaning ‘breadth’.
=> broad - abroad (adv.)
- mid-13c., "widely apart," from Old English on brede, which meant something like "at wide" (see a- (1) + broad (adj.)). The sense "out of doors, away from home" (late 14c.) led to the main modern sense of "out of one's country, overseas" (mid-15c.).
雙語例句
- 1. He rented out his house while he worked abroad.
- 他在國外工作期間把自己的房子租了出去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He also collects things for the house on his travels abroad.
- 他在國外旅游時也為家宅搜集物品作為擺設。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Most of those who left the province to work abroad were unskilled.
- 那些離開該省出國打工的人大部分都未經專門訓練。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. There are signs of paramilitary activity supported from abroad.
- 有跡象表明，非法軍事組織的活動得到了國外勢力的支持。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He doesn't think English-born players can cut it abroad.
- 他認為出生于英格蘭的選手在國外不會取得好成績。
來自柯林斯例句