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单词 foray
释义
foray
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɒr.eɪ/us
/ˈfɔːr.eɪ/

foraynoun[C](ATTEMPT)

ashortperiodoftimebeinginvolvedin anactivitythat is different from andoutsidetherangeof ausualset ofactivities:
初次尝试
Shemadeabriefforayintoactingbeforebecomingateacher.她在当老师之前曾经涉足表演。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Trying and making an effort
  • A game
  • all-out
  • assault
  • attempt
  • attempted
  • bid
  • commitment
  • crack
  • go down swinging/fightingidiom
  • go for itidiom
  • go forsomeone
  • go out ofyourwayidiom
  • go the extra mileidiom
  • nose
  • seek
  • smarten upyouractidiom
  • square the circleidiom
  • step on the gasidiom
  • stick atsomething
  • stick tosomething
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foraynoun[C](VISIT)

ashortvisit,especiallywith aknownpurpose:
（尤指有明确目的的）短暂访问
Imadeaquickforayintotownbeforelunchto get mysisterapresent.午饭前我很快地进了一趟城，去为我妹妹买一件礼物。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Journeys
  • adventure
  • break-journey
  • carpool
  • carpooling
  • circumnavigation
  • commuting
  • expedition
  • field trip
  • grand tour
  • jaunt
  • journey
  • junket
  • layover
  • odyssey
  • ride
  • round trip
  • sail
  • stopover
  • trip
  • wanderings
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Visiting

foraynoun[C](ATTACK)

theactof anarmysuddenlyandquicklyenteringtheareabelongingto theenemyinordertoattackthem orstealtheirsupplies
（军队为了打击敌人或夺取补给品的）突袭，闪电式侵袭
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Attacking & invading
  • aggressor
  • ambush
  • beleaguer
  • beleaguered
  • besiege
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • false flag
  • going-over
  • hard power
  • hit and run
  • incursion
  • kamikaze
  • post-conquest
  • privateer
  • raid
  • reconquer
  • reconquest
  • relieve
  • swoop
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(Definition offorayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

foray| American Dictionary

foray
noun[C]
us
/ˈfɔr·eɪ,ˈfoʊr-/
abriefattemptat orinvolvementin anactivityoutsidea person’s or organization’susualrangeofactivities:
Theoperacompanyhas madecuriousforays intocontemporarymusicinrecentseasons.
A foray is also asuddenandquickattackby agroupofsoldierson anenemyarea.
(Definition offorayfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

foray| Business English

foray
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɒreɪ/us
ashortinvolvementin anactivity, anarea, or amarketthat is different from apersonor company'susualone:
a foray into sthThis is the company'sfirst forayinto the USmarket.
Thesupermarkethasmade a forayinto thefinancialservicesmarket.
abrief/disastrous/successfulforay
(Definition offorayfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofforay

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Reclusive, with a natural inclination to string-pulling behind the scenes he, nevertheless, occasionally forayed into the world of civic duty.
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Pels writes as an anthropologist but his work exhibits none of the failings that some anthropological forays into ' history ' can bring.
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There were earlier forays into game theory with him.
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In spite of their ascent, men of science quickly found their forays into the courtroom exceedingly frustrating.
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The idiom is essentially pentatonic major, though with occasional and highly telling forays into the realms of rarefied chromaticism, and 'dissonance'.
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Such forays can be both fruitful, in terms of the conclusions brought to light, and entertaining.
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Weanling rats, in their early forays outside the nest, tend to follow other, older rats.
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In this manner, a variety of insights make for some rather stimulating and cutting-edge forays.
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Donors' forays into government reform have been criticised as inconsequential or counterproductive.
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Our discussion now forays into trust building at the organizational level.
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I hope that readers of this book will spice it up a little with forays into the primary literature, and thereby gain a more balanced outlook.
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The authors make ill-advised forays into existentialism, slightly off-the-wall therapeutic strategies for working with disturbed self-concepts and rather odd and idiosyncratic hypothesized structures for the self.
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With the rise of science and its explanatory forays into the constitution of substances, speakers have become increasingly reliant on expert knowledge for fixing the extensions of their substance terms.
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In view of recent events, we cannot ignore the possibility of a sporadic recurrence of these border forays and affrays.
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I hope these early forays can be built on in the future.
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