• adv. 在國外；到海外
• adj. 往國外的
• n. 海外；異國

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 ‘a(chǎn)bout’ (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.).

1. He rented out his house while he worked abroad.

他在國外工作期間把自己的房子租了出去。

來自柯林斯例句

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。

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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(jīng)專門訓練。

來自柯林斯例句

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。

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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。

來自柯林斯例句