1 ADV [ADVERB after verb, n ADVERB, be ADVERB, from ADVERB] 到国外；在国外 If you go abroad, you go to a foreign country, usually one which is separated from the country where you live by an ocean or a sea. 到国外；在国外
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I would love to go abroad this year, perhaps to the South of France.
我今年很想出国，可能是去法国南部。
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...public opposition here and abroad.
国内外公众的反对
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He will stand in for Mr Goh when he is abroad.
吴先生出国时由他代替。
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About 65 per cent of its sales come from abroad.
大约65%的销量来自国外。
SYN overseas, out of the country, beyond the sea, in foreign lands
2 ADV [n ADVERB] 在四下流传;广为流传地 If there is a story or feeling abroad, people generally know about it or feel it. 在四下流传;广为流传地
SYN about, out, away, without
Quotations
Abroad is unutterably bloody and foreigners are fiends Nancy Mitford The Pursuit of Love
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