aliens是什么意思？

aliens

• n. 外国人( alien的名词复数 )，外侨，局外人，外星人；

例句

• Those were the years I was into exploring UFO's and aliens and hypnotizing abductees. 这就是那些年来我着迷探究不明飞行物的和外星人和被施催眠术的被绑架者.
• Enemy aliens were imprisoned during the war. 战争期间敌国侨民遭到监禁.
• In an intergalactic dimension, aliens are on the offense moving in to annihilate mankind. 在星球中, 外国人在移动中进攻,以消灭人类.
• We deport aliens who slip across our borders. 我们把偷渡入境的外国人驱逐出境.
• I can rule on the admissibility of aliens. 我对外国人能否被批准入境有裁决权.
• Both women had hired illegal aliens for child care... 两个女人都曾雇过非法入境者照看孩子。

英语六级真题

As they walk around a playground or other area, text, video or audio pops up at various points to help them try to figure out why aliens were in the schoolyard.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  外国的;异族的
  Alien means belonging to a different country, race, or group, usually one you do not like or are frightened of.
  例句
  He said they were opposed to the presence of alien forces in the region. 他说他们反对外国军队驻扎在该地区。
• ADJ-GRADED
  怪异的；可怕的；异己的
  You use alien to describe something that seems strange and perhaps frightening, because it is not part of your normal experience.
  例句
  His work offers an insight into an alien culture. 他的作品能让人们对一种异域文化产生较深入的了解。
• ADJ-GRADED
  陌生的；格格不入的；不相容的
  If something is alien to you or to your normal feelings or behaviour, it is not the way you would normally feel or behave.
  例句
  Such an attitude is alien to most businessmen. 大多数商界人士都会对这样的态度感到陌生。
• N-COUNT
  外国人
  An alien is someone who is not a legal citizen of the country in which they live.
  例句
  Both women had hired illegal aliens for child care... 两个女人都曾雇过非法入境者照看孩子。 When war broke out, he was interned as an enemy alien. 战争爆发时，他作为敌国人士遭到关押。
• N-COUNT
  外星人
  In science fiction, an alien is a creature from outer space.