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alien ['eiliən]
基本释义
- a. 外国的,外来的,异己的,不适的
n.外星人
词形变化
- 时 态：a·li·ened, a·li·en·ing, a·li·ens
参考例句
- I ran into an old friend in the alien land.
我在异国他乡遇到故知。 - He acts alien to his principles.
他的行为与原则背驰 - Her behavior is alien to our ethical values.
她的行为和我们的伦理标准格格不入。 - A law was passed to protect alien property.
通过了一项法律保护外国侨民的财产。 - Cruelty was quite alien to his nature/to him.
残忍的行为与他的本性[与他]格格不入.
- I ran into an old friend in the alien land.
英英解释
2个动词解释
- transfer property or ownership
[同] alien, alienate
[例]- The will aliened the property to the heirs
- arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
[同] disaffect, estrange, alien, alienate
[例]- She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
3个名词解释
- a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
[同] foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander
[反] citizen - anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
[同] alien, stranger, unknown
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2个形容词解释
- not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
[同] foreign, alien
[例]- an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism
- the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper
- jealousy is foreign to her nature
- being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
[同] exotic, alien
[例]- alien customs
- exotic plants in a greenhouse
- exotic cuisine
- transfer property or ownership