in 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月出国一周。 competition from companies at home and abroad. 来自国内外各公司的竞争。 ■(dated or humorous)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。
in different directions; over a wide area 向四方;广泛地 millions of seeds are annually scattered abroad. 每年数百万的种子被播撒到四方。 ■(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。 ■freely moving about 行动自由 hospital inmates abroad on the streets of the town. 在城市街道上自由行走的住院病人。
(archaic)wide of the mark; in error (古)未击中目标;出错
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[mass noun]foreign countries considered collectively 外国 servicemen returning from abroad. 回国的军人。