abroad

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abroad 到國處

來自古英語on brede. broad, 寬，喻指出門，離家，后指出國。

abroad: abroad: [13] It was only in the 15th century that abroad came to mean ‘in foreign parts’. Earlier, it had been used for ‘out of doors’, a sense still current today, if with a rather archaic air; but originally it meant ‘widely’ or ‘about’ (as in ‘noise something abroad’). It was formed quite simply from a ‘on’ and the adjective broad, although it was probably modelled on the much earlier (Old English) phrase on brede, in which brede was a noun, meaning ‘breadth’.
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abroad (adv.): mid-13c., "widely apart," from Old English on brede, which meant something like "at wide" (see a- (1) + broad (adj.)). The sense "out of doors, away from home" (late 14c.) led to the main modern sense of "out of one's country, overseas" (mid-15c.).

2. He also collects things for the house on his travels abroad.: 他在國外旅游時也為家宅搜集物品作為擺設。

3. Most of those who left the province to work abroad were unskilled.: 那些離開該省出國打工的人大部分都未經專門訓練。

4. There are signs of paramilitary activity supported from abroad.: 有跡象表明，非法軍事組織的活動得到了國外勢力的支持。

5. He doesn't think English-born players can cut it abroad.: 他認為出生于英格蘭的選手在國外不會取得好成績。