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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- alien
['eɪlɪən]
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1.
noun
[c]
(foreigner) 外侨
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2.
noun
(extra-terrestrial) 外星人
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3.
adjective
(foreign) 异己的
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4.
adjective
(from outer space) 外星的
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5.
adjective
[frm]
alien (to) 与…截然不同的
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- alien
[ˈeɪljən]
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1.
adjective
性质不同的，格格不入的
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The problem for the west, however, is that Japanese culture is alien to our way of life.
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然而，西方人的问题在于，日本文化与我们的生活方式格格不入。
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2.
adjective
外国的，异域的，非本土的
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He spoke like a man who uses an alien language.
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他说话时像是个使用外语说话的人一样。
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3.
noun
[Video Game]
异形
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4.
n.[c]
外国人，外侨
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His visa's expired, too, making him an illegal alien.
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他的签证也已经到期，所以他成了非法的外国人。
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5.
n.[c]
外人，外来者；外地人
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He said, I am an alien and a stranger among you.
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他说：“我在你们当中是局外人，是陌生人。”
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6.
n.[c]
外星人
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People thought I was an alien from another planet.
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人们认为我是来自另一星球的外星人。
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7.
vt.
[Law]
转让，让渡
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The law required all citizens to alien their property to the government.
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这部法律要求所有的公民都要把他们的财产转让给政府。
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The will aliened the property to the heirs.
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这项遗嘱把财产转让给了各个继承人。
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8.
vt.
疏远，排斥，离间
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She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious.
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当她对宗教变得狂热时，她的朋友都远离了他。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- alien
['eɪljən]
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1.
n
a person owing allegiance to a country other than that in which he lives; foreigner
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2.
n
any being or thing foreign to the environment in which it now exists
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3.
n
(in science fiction) a being from another world, sometimes specifically an extraterrestrial
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4.
adj
unnaturalized; foreign
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5.
adj
having foreign allegiance
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alien territory
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6.
adj
unfamiliar; strange
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an alien quality in a work of art
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7.
adj
[postpositive and foll by to]
repugnant or opposed (to)
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war is alien to his philosophy
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8.
adj
(in science fiction) of or from another world
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9.
vt.
[tr]
[rare]
to transfer (property, etc) to another
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10.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin alienus foreign, from alius other
Examples
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cruel words alien to his lips
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粗鲁话从不出自他的口
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Bobby believes in the existence of alien intelligence.
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勃比相信外星人的存在。
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His visa's expired, too, making him an illegal alien.
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他的签证也已经到期，所以他成了非法的外国人。
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People thought I was an alien from another planet.
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人们认为我是来自另一星球的外星人。
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The problem for the west, however, is that Japanese culture is alien to our way of life.
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然而，西方人的问题在于，日本文化与我们的生活方式格格不入。
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