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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- external [ɪk 'stɝnl] [eks 'təːnl]
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1.
adjective
在外的，外面的，外部的，外侧的
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2.
adjective
[medicine]
外用的
- a medicine for external use only
- 只供外用的药
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3.
adjective
外观的
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4.
adjective
[philosophy]
外界的；客观的，物质的
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5.
adjective
外来的
- an external force
- 外力，外加负载；外来的力量
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6.
adjective
外表的，外貌的
- external politeness
- 外表上的礼貌
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7.
adjective
表面的；形式（上）的；肤浅的；浅薄的
- external factors
- 表面的因素
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8.
adjective
外交的，外国的，对外的
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9.
noun
外面，外部
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10.
noun
[religion]
[复数形态时]外表，外形，外观；外部情况；形式，表面性；外在形式
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1.
adjective
在外的，外面的，外部的，外侧的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- external [ɪk'st3ːnəl]
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adj
of, situated on, or suitable for the outside; outer
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2.
adj
coming or acting from without
- external evidence from an independent source
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3.
adj
of or involving foreign nations; foreign
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4.
adj
of, relating to, or designating a medicine that is applied to the outside of the body
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5.
adj
[anatomy]
situated on or near the outside of the body
- the external ear
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6.
adj
[education]
denoting assessment by examiners who are not employed at the candidate's place of study
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7.
adj
[Austral and NZ]
(of a student) studying a university subject extramurally
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8.
adj
[philosophy]
(of objects, etc) taken to exist independently of a perceiving mind
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9.
n
[often plural]
an external circumstance or aspect, esp one that is superficial or inessential
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10.
n
[Austral and NZ]
a student taking an extramural subject
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n
[Etymology]
C15: from Latin externus outward, from exterus on the outside, from ex out of
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1.
adj
of, situated on, or suitable for the outside; outer
Examples
- a medicine for external use only
- 只供外用的药 → external
- an external force
- 外力，外加负载；外来的力量 → external
- external politeness
- 外表上的礼貌 → external
- external factors
- 表面的因素 → external
- male (或external) screw
- 阳螺旋，外螺纹 → screw
- the external ear
- 外耳 → ear
- Your worry is always triggered by some external event or happening.
- 你总是为一些外因或事情而烦恼。 → worry
- for external use only
- [医] 只供外用 → external
- external affairs
- [政治] 外交事务 → external
- external evidence from an independent source → external
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