alien

漢語翻譯

n. 外國人, 外僑
a. 外國的, 相異的
【法】 外國的, 異己的
相關詞組:
be alien to...

詞型變化：

動詞過去式:aliened 過去分詞:aliened 現在分詞:aliening 第三人稱單數:aliens 

詞意辨析：

stranger, foreigner, alien, immigrant

這些名詞均有“陌生人，外人”之意。
stranger: 指對當地的生活習慣、語言等不熟悉，或為某團體不熟的人，也指不認識的人。
foreigner: 指在異國作短期訪問或長期居住的外國人。
alien: 指沒有成為僑居國正式公民的移民。
immigrant: 指在別國定居並取得所在國國籍的外國人。

英文解釋：

名詞 alien:

1. a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
   同義詞：foreigner, noncitizen, outlander
2. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
   同義詞：stranger, unknown
3. a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
   同義詞：extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial

動詞 alien:

1. transfer property or ownership
   同義詞：alienate
2. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
   同義詞：estrange, alienate, disaffect

形容詞 alien:

1. not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
   同義詞：foreign
2. being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
   同義詞：exotic

例句：

1. I ran into an old friend in the alien land.
   我在異國他鄉遇到故知。
2. After the alien spacecraft had hovered over the park for a short time, it vanished.
   那隻外星來的宇宙飛船在公園上空盤旋了一會兒之後就不見了。
3. Immigrant workers were classed as resident aliens.
   移民來的工人已歸入外僑類。
4. After being away for so long, he feels like an alien in his own country now.
   背井離鄉這么久，現在在他自己的國家，他覺得自己像個外人。
5. Cruelty is quite alien to his nature.
   殘忍完全不合他的本性。
6. Their ideas are quite alien to our ways of thinking.
   他們的觀點同我們看問題的方法格格不入。