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Definition of abroad in English: abroadadverb əˈbrɔːdəˈbrɔd 1In or to a foreign country or countries. 在国外，到国外 we usually go abroad for a week in May 我们通常5月份出国一周。 competition from companies at home and abroad 来自国内外各公司的竞争。 Example sentencesExamples - So despite the widespread acceptance of bioengineered crops in this country, farmers still worry whether they'll be able to sell what they grow at home and abroad.
- Most of her stock, she says, comes from Denmark and Germany and she travels to fairs and trade-shows both at home and abroad to see what is available and to buy.
- Now the council is planning to spend £217,000 setting up a new marketing department to carry out the ‘rebranding’ of Manchester at home and abroad.
- I can't go abroad or travel, or go out shopping or socialising.
- I don't remember having holidays as a kid - we just used to play football, or whatever - and I didn't go abroad until I was at university, when we went to Urbino in Italy.
- When a nation faces deadly attacks on its citizens at home and abroad, it is only reasonable to expect that its leaders will take appropriate measures to increase security.
- If we can hire foreign coaches why can't we go abroad to gain more experience and improve our form?
- Why do they think they are so much better than everyone else when they go abroad?
- According to Kinley, ‘It's that Canadian insecurity - if you want something good, you go abroad for it.’
- There were opportunities for considerable travel at home and abroad.
- Meanwhile, Caroline's Rainbow Foundation - the charity set up by Marjorie to help backpackers planning to go abroad - is set to launch its own educational video.
- This exhibition reflects scenes and inspiration from his travels at home and abroad.
- He said: ‘I go abroad a few times a year to Spain and France and it comes in handy to have some Euros.’
- His informal style of speech and amicable personality, combined with professional experience at home and abroad make him a distinctive figure in contemporary Japan.
- Simon, who is hoping to go abroad on a long holiday when it is all over, added: ‘Never fall out with your family, you never know when you might need them.’
- Please don't go abroad without travel insurance.
- The commission says the healthcare aspect of the proposal, allowing patients to go abroad to get treatment due to long waiting lists in their home countries, clarifies the existing practice.
- That should lead to sharp reductions in market share and employment both at home and abroad, and a likely wave of foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies.
- Such flexibility is obviously one of the reasons it can compete so effectively against vigorous competition at home and abroad.
- The biggest shock for the union seems to be that, if given the opportunity, patients will choose to travel round the country, and even go abroad if it means that they will be treated faster.
Synonyms overseas, out of the country, to/in foreign parts, to/in a foreign country/land, over the sea, beyond the seas 2In different directions; over a wide area. 向四方；广泛地 millions of seeds are annually scattered abroad 每年有数百万的种子被播撒到各处。 Example sentencesExamples - They were scattered abroad over the face of the earth.
- The vast inflow and outflow of tourists and emigrants means millions of pounds of Irish notes and coins may be scattered abroad.
- So the Lord scattered them abroad from that place upon the face of all the earth.
- Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did dare confound the language of all the Earth and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the Earth.
Synonyms widely, far and wide, everywhere, {here, there, and everywhere}, in all directions about, around, forth publicly, extensively informal every which way - 2.1 (of a feeling or rumour) widely current.
（情绪，谣言）盛行 there is a new buccaneering spirit abroad 一种新的冒险精神在盛行。 Example sentencesExamples - A spirit of enquiry is abroad among the Chinese, and there is a class of students, by no means small in number, who receive with avidity instruction on scientific matters from the West.
- First, there may be an entrepreneurial spirit increasingly abroad in Sweden and its cultural industries that has led to a wave of start-ups.
- After all the bitterness in the game over the past few years, there seemed something of a new spirit abroad, to which the persona of Tony Gilbert, the Borders' Kiwi coach, has contributed.
- In short, at the top of the new century he caught a new spirit abroad.
Synonyms at large, current, in circulation, circulating, in the air, about, afoot, around, astir - 2.2 Freely moving about.
行动自由 hospital inmates abroad on the streets of the town 在城市街道上四处行走的住院病人。 Example sentencesExamples - In our three weeks in Cornwall, Wales and Ireland, we saw amazing sites and felt remarkable spirits abroad in the land.
- They could only walk abroad in the streets if accompanied by a slave or other attendant.
- It's impossible to read of the terrors abroad in her shabby streetscapes without total emotional involvement.
- The OED gives, ‘When a nation is in the throes of revolution, wild spirits are abroad in the storm.’
- When traditional people speak of ‘spirits’ that are abroad, they tend to refer to presence such as the wind, or the creative force of a word.
- Some wonder why, if the police knew of the businessman's illegal activities, he was abroad in the streets, in his luxury car or designer bar, rather than in jail.
Synonyms around, here and there, to and fro, back and forth, from place to place, hither and thither, in every direction, in all directions
3archaic Out of doors. 〈旧或幽默〉在室外，到室外 few people ventured abroad from their warm houses 很少有人敢于走出温暖的家门。 Example sentencesExamples - There wouldn't be enough time to drop by the Academy before nightfall, and he didn't particularly want to be abroad in the streets then.
4archaic Wide of the mark; in error. 〈古〉未击中目标；出错
noun əˈbrɔːdəˈbrɔd mass nounForeign countries considered collectively. 外国 servicemen returning from abroad 回国的军人。 Example sentencesExamples - Direct investment from abroad has also fallen.
- I believe it a positive development when people from abroad buy land in a country, it can help economically.
- Today, students applying to SFU from abroad face differential fees amounting to as much as three times the tuition paid by domestic students.
- At the beginning of last year, the Government announced that it expected direct investment from abroad to reach two billion euro.
- Making something and swapping it for something from abroad is no different than making it directly.
- The other directors from abroad are coming in next week so we had to hash it out now.
- Some 680 companies from 20 countries and areas will showcase their products, with 340 companies from abroad.
- A good summer is the key to getting crowds both from Ireland and abroad into the area.
- During peak season, at least 25 per cent of customers in the Grafton Street area are visitors from abroad.
- Airships regularly landed there bringing tourists from abroad to enjoy the facilities and the area has also hosted a round Britain air race, football cup finals and an international boat race.
- I'm not agree with some Greek-Australians who say that the Greeks of abroad are different.
- America's 18 Nato allies stated last night that attacks could be considered an attack on the whole alliance if it turned out they were directed from abroad.
- Anyone who begins to have recurring, shaking chills up to one year after returning home from abroad should seek professional medical care.
- But there is still anger in the industry about British firms being undercut by hauliers from abroad who are paying so much less for fuel.
- A center has been set up at the Chaklala Airbase in Islamabad to speedily transport the relief goods received from abroad to the designated areas, he said.
- Food aid from abroad must now make up for these lost harvests.
- Even the lovely ladies from abroad know the difference between Harrods and Aldi.
- The total amount of direct investment from abroad totals $11.5 billion, compared to $43 billion for China.
- Their latest move was divulged yesterday at the same time as the National Farmers Union warned that bringing home food or plants from abroad could bring a serious risk of spreading disease.
- While they are buying well-known brand names and waiting for prestige and fat profits to result, they tend to forget the major difference between home and abroad.
OriginMiddle English: from a-2 'on' + broad. Rhymesaboard, accord, afford, applaud, award, bawd, board, broad, chord, Claude, cord, ford, fraud, gaud, Gawd, hoard, horde, laud, lord, maraud, milord, sward, sword, toward, unawed, unexplored, unrestored, ward Definition of abroad in US English: abroadadverbəˈbrɔdəˈbrôd 1In or to a foreign country or countries. 在国外，到国外 we usually go abroad for a week in May 我们通常5月份出国一周。 competition from companies at home and abroad 来自国内外各公司的竞争。 Example sentencesExamples - He said: ‘I go abroad a few times a year to Spain and France and it comes in handy to have some Euros.’
- Why do they think they are so much better than everyone else when they go abroad?
- Most of her stock, she says, comes from Denmark and Germany and she travels to fairs and trade-shows both at home and abroad to see what is available and to buy.
- Meanwhile, Caroline's Rainbow Foundation - the charity set up by Marjorie to help backpackers planning to go abroad - is set to launch its own educational video.
- Now the council is planning to spend £217,000 setting up a new marketing department to carry out the ‘rebranding’ of Manchester at home and abroad.
- That should lead to sharp reductions in market share and employment both at home and abroad, and a likely wave of foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies.
- Such flexibility is obviously one of the reasons it can compete so effectively against vigorous competition at home and abroad.
- The biggest shock for the union seems to be that, if given the opportunity, patients will choose to travel round the country, and even go abroad if it means that they will be treated faster.
- I don't remember having holidays as a kid - we just used to play football, or whatever - and I didn't go abroad until I was at university, when we went to Urbino in Italy.
- When a nation faces deadly attacks on its citizens at home and abroad, it is only reasonable to expect that its leaders will take appropriate measures to increase security.
- His informal style of speech and amicable personality, combined with professional experience at home and abroad make him a distinctive figure in contemporary Japan.
- The commission says the healthcare aspect of the proposal, allowing patients to go abroad to get treatment due to long waiting lists in their home countries, clarifies the existing practice.
- So despite the widespread acceptance of bioengineered crops in this country, farmers still worry whether they'll be able to sell what they grow at home and abroad.
- I can't go abroad or travel, or go out shopping or socialising.
- Please don't go abroad without travel insurance.
- If we can hire foreign coaches why can't we go abroad to gain more experience and improve our form?
- There were opportunities for considerable travel at home and abroad.
- Simon, who is hoping to go abroad on a long holiday when it is all over, added: ‘Never fall out with your family, you never know when you might need them.’
- According to Kinley, ‘It's that Canadian insecurity - if you want something good, you go abroad for it.’
- This exhibition reflects scenes and inspiration from his travels at home and abroad.
Synonyms overseas, out of the country, in foreign parts, to foreign parts, in a foreign country, in a foreign land, to a foreign country, to a foreign land, over the sea, beyond the seas 2In different directions; over a wide area. 向四方；广泛地 millions of seeds are annually scattered abroad 每年有数百万的种子被播撒到各处。 Example sentencesExamples - Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did dare confound the language of all the Earth and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the Earth.
- They were scattered abroad over the face of the earth.
- The vast inflow and outflow of tourists and emigrants means millions of pounds of Irish notes and coins may be scattered abroad.
- So the Lord scattered them abroad from that place upon the face of all the earth.
Synonyms widely, far and wide, everywhere, here, there, and everywhere, in all directions - 2.1 (of a feeling or rumor) widely current.
（情绪，谣言）盛行 there is a new buccaneering spirit abroad 一种新的冒险精神在盛行。 Example sentencesExamples - First, there may be an entrepreneurial spirit increasingly abroad in Sweden and its cultural industries that has led to a wave of start-ups.
- In short, at the top of the new century he caught a new spirit abroad.
- After all the bitterness in the game over the past few years, there seemed something of a new spirit abroad, to which the persona of Tony Gilbert, the Borders' Kiwi coach, has contributed.
- A spirit of enquiry is abroad among the Chinese, and there is a class of students, by no means small in number, who receive with avidity instruction on scientific matters from the West.
Synonyms at large, current, in circulation, circulating, in the air, about, afoot, around, astir - 2.2 Freely moving about.
行动自由 con artists abroad on the streets of the town 在城市街道上四处行走的住院病人。 Example sentencesExamples - Some wonder why, if the police knew of the businessman's illegal activities, he was abroad in the streets, in his luxury car or designer bar, rather than in jail.
- They could only walk abroad in the streets if accompanied by a slave or other attendant.
- When traditional people speak of ‘spirits’ that are abroad, they tend to refer to presence such as the wind, or the creative force of a word.
- The OED gives, ‘When a nation is in the throes of revolution, wild spirits are abroad in the storm.’
- It's impossible to read of the terrors abroad in her shabby streetscapes without total emotional involvement.
- In our three weeks in Cornwall, Wales and Ireland, we saw amazing sites and felt remarkable spirits abroad in the land.
Synonyms around, here and there, to and fro, back and forth, from place to place, hither and thither, in every direction, in all directions
3archaic Out of doors. 〈旧或幽默〉在室外，到室外 few people ventured abroad from their warm houses 很少有人敢于走出温暖的家门。 Example sentencesExamples - There wouldn't be enough time to drop by the Academy before nightfall, and he didn't particularly want to be abroad in the streets then.
4archaic Wide of the mark; in error. 〈古〉未击中目标；出错
nounəˈbrɔdəˈbrôd Foreign countries considered collectively. 外国 servicemen returning from abroad 回国的军人。 Example sentencesExamples - I believe it a positive development when people from abroad buy land in a country, it can help economically.
- A good summer is the key to getting crowds both from Ireland and abroad into the area.
- America's 18 Nato allies stated last night that attacks could be considered an attack on the whole alliance if it turned out they were directed from abroad.
- Direct investment from abroad has also fallen.
- The total amount of direct investment from abroad totals $11.5 billion, compared to $43 billion for China.
- Airships regularly landed there bringing tourists from abroad to enjoy the facilities and the area has also hosted a round Britain air race, football cup finals and an international boat race.
- Food aid from abroad must now make up for these lost harvests.
- The other directors from abroad are coming in next week so we had to hash it out now.
- Even the lovely ladies from abroad know the difference between Harrods and Aldi.
- A center has been set up at the Chaklala Airbase in Islamabad to speedily transport the relief goods received from abroad to the designated areas, he said.
- Anyone who begins to have recurring, shaking chills up to one year after returning home from abroad should seek professional medical care.
- During peak season, at least 25 per cent of customers in the Grafton Street area are visitors from abroad.
- While they are buying well-known brand names and waiting for prestige and fat profits to result, they tend to forget the major difference between home and abroad.
- At the beginning of last year, the Government announced that it expected direct investment from abroad to reach two billion euro.
- But there is still anger in the industry about British firms being undercut by hauliers from abroad who are paying so much less for fuel.
- Making something and swapping it for something from abroad is no different than making it directly.
- I'm not agree with some Greek-Australians who say that the Greeks of abroad are different.
- Today, students applying to SFU from abroad face differential fees amounting to as much as three times the tuition paid by domestic students.
- Their latest move was divulged yesterday at the same time as the National Farmers Union warned that bringing home food or plants from abroad could bring a serious risk of spreading disease.
- Some 680 companies from 20 countries and areas will showcase their products, with 340 companies from abroad.
OriginMiddle English: from a- ‘on’ + broad. |