1 N-COUNT 陌生人 A stranger is someone you have never met before. 陌生人
SYN unknown person
2 N-PLURAL 互不相识的人 If two people are strangers, they do not know each other. 互不相识的人
3 N-COUNT 外乡人;外地人 If you are a stranger in a place, you do not know the place well. 外乡人;外地人
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'You don't know much about our town, do you?'—'No, I'm a stranger here.'
“你不太了解我们这个镇,是吗?”—“是的,我是外地人。”
4 N-COUNT 生手;外行;(对…)一无所知的人 If you are a stranger to something, you have had no experience of it or do not understand it. 生手;外行;(对…)一无所知的人
Usage Note :
You do not use stranger to talk about someone who comes from a country which is not your own. You can refer to him or her as a foreigner, but this word can sound rather rude. It is better to talk about someone from abroad.
指非本国人不能用 stranger,要用foreigner,但 foreigner 一词听起来很不礼貌。更恰当的说法是 someone from abroad。
Quotations
a stranger in a strange land Bible: Exodus
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