Alien

['eɪlɪən] or [ˈeliən,ˈeljən]

解释:

(verb.) transfer property or ownership; 'The will aliened the property to the heirs'.

(adj.) being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; 'alien customs'; 'exotic plants in a greenhouse'; 'exotic cuisine' .

(adj.) not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; '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' .

爱德温录入--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.

(a.) Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.

(n.) A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.

(n.) One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.

(v. t.) To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.

录入:普勒斯顿

同义词及近义词：

a. [1]. Foreign, not native.[2]. Estranged, differing, remote, unallied, separated, unconnected.

n. Foreigner, stranger.

录入:沃尔特

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Foreign, strange, undomesticated, inappropriate, irrelevant, impertinent

ANT:Pertinent, essential, proper, appropriate, relevant, germane, {[afcin]?},apropos, naturalized

编辑:沃尔夫冈

解释:

adj. foreign: different in nature: adverse to.—n. one belonging to another country: one not entitled to the rights of citizenship.—n. Al′ienage state of being an alien.

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