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单词 abroad
释义
abroad
adverb[after verb]
uk
/əˈbrɔːd/us
/əˈbrɑːd/

abroadadverb[after verb](OTHER COUNTRY)

B1
in or to aforeigncountryorcountries:
在国外；到国外
He'scurrentlyabroad onbusiness.目前他在国外出差。
We alwaysgoabroad in thesummer.我们夏天总是到国外去。
More examples
  • After herdivorceshe went toliveabroad.
  • Hewantedthebestfor hischildren- goodschools, anicehouseandtripsabroad.
  • We have twogrown-upchildren, both of whomliveabroad.
  • Theydecidedtomoveabroad and make afreshstart.
  • Some very well-known Britishfootballplayershave gone toclubsabroad.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
  • birthright citizenship
  • body politic
  • BRICS
  • coast
  • countrywide
  • cross-border
  • domestic
  • domestically
  • dual
  • dual citizen
  • motherland
  • nation
  • non-domestic
  • non-indigenous
  • non-national
  • noncitizen
  • nuclear power
  • statehood
  • stateless
  • superpower
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abroadadverb[after verb](OUTSIDE)

[after verb]literaryorold use
outside, or not athome:
在室外；到室外
Not asoulwas abroad thatmorning.那天上午，户外空无一人。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
General location and orientation
  • about
  • along
  • anterior
  • around
  • back ontosomething
  • every
  • far
  • front
  • frontal
  • hind
  • left
  • left-hand
  • nearside
  • noncentral
  • offside
  • on-site
  • orientated
  • point
  • position
  • side-on
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abroadadverb[after verb](GOING AROUND)

[after verb]formal
used to say thatideas,feelings, andopinionsaresharedby manypeople:
广为流传的
There's arumourabroad that sheintendstoleavethecompany.到处都在传言说她要离开公司。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Knowledge and awareness
  • acquaintance
  • alertness
  • as every schoolboy/schoolchild knowsidiom
  • astuteness
  • at/in the back ofyourmindidiom
  • firsthand
  • general knowledge
  • gnostic
  • grounding
  • have a nodding acquaintance withsomeone/somethingidiom
  • lived experience
  • metacognition
  • nescience
  • nescient
  • offsomeone'sradaridiom
  • seize
  • sensibility
  • street smarts
  • theory of mind
  • witting
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Grammar

Abroad
Abroad means ‘in/to a foreign country’. We use abroad as an adverb in phrases such as go abroad and live abroad. From is the only preposition that is used before abroad:…
(Definition ofabroadfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

abroad| American Dictionary

abroad
adverb[not gradable]
us
/əˈbrɔd/
in or to aforeigncountryorcountries:
They used to go abroad everysummer.
(Definition ofabroadfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabroad

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What makes us think that students who studyabroadbecome fluent?
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He was able to delay the trial for a year by tendering an affidavit that a crucial witness wasabroad.
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Economic fluctuations and pressures fromabroadwere simultaneously recognized by all participants as requiring some sort of response.
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When deployedabroadthey were merely expensive ; when stationed at home during peacetime - the 'standing army ' - they were a fundamental threat to domestic liberty.
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One factor, which will influence this, is the proportion of cases which are acquiredabroadduring the holiday season, and this probably varies by country.
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The problem was that the traditional policy had been endangered by the ideological developments of the 1840s,abroadand at home.
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Thereafter, events at home andabroadonly added to complexity and contradiction.
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Even when they could, most shoppedabroadanyway, often for reasons of quality.
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However, political parties remain among the weakest components of the democratisation process and the least assisted fromabroad.
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A substantial number have transnational ties with groups of similar purposeabroad.
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Among adults aged 20 -40 years, travellingabroadwas associated with illness.
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However, concerns about its microbiological safety still exist, with notable milkborne outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease occurring both at home andabroadin recent years.
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An investigation and prosecution would clearly implicate members of the regime and undermine its support at home andabroad.
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Not only was domestic demand underdeveloped at this point ; promotionabroadalso reflected a need for foreign exchange.
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However, much of the profits of coffee production were sentabroad.
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