记忆方法
1、foreigner 外国人：foreign 的本义是「门外的」，拉丁 forās「出门、在外」，和 door 出自同一个老词根。
2、拼写里那个 -eign 是后来被 reign、sovereign 带偏的，中古英语写作 forein。
3、加 -er 指人，严格说原本是「门外那个人」，不一定指外国来的人。
2、拼写里那个 -eign 是后来被 reign、sovereign 带偏的，中古英语写作 forein。
3、加 -er 指人，严格说原本是「门外那个人」，不一定指外国来的人。
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词族 · foreigner
词形变化
英语词源
- foreigner (n.)
- early 15c., foreyner; see foreign + -er (1).
In ordinary use chiefly applied to those who speak a foreign language as their native tongue; thus in England the term is not commonly understood to include Americans. [OED]
In American English from 1620s through mid-19c., however, it was used of a person from a different colony or state. Earlier as a noun in English was simple foreign (early 14c.), probably from Old French, which used the adjective as a noun meaning "foreigner;" also "outskirts; the outside world; latrine, privy." Spelling furriner, representing pronunciation, is from 1832, originally in Irish dialect pieces but by 1840s picked up by American dialect writers (Thomas Chandler Haliburton).
权威例句
- 1. You don't sound like a foreigner talking English.
- 听你讲英语，不像是外国人。
- 2. Being a foreigner was not a handicap.
- 身为外国人并不是一个障碍。
- 3. Her family disowned her for marrying a foreigner.
- 她的家人因她嫁给了外国人而与她断绝关系。
- 4. The fact that I was a foreigner was a big disadvantage.
- 我是外国人这事实对我十分不利。
- 5. Being a foreigner, he did not catch on the joke.
- 他是个外国人, 未能理解这个笑话的含意.
词语辨析
【stranger, foreigner, alien, immigrant】
这些名词均有“陌生人，外人”之意。
stranger: 指对当地的生活习惯、语言等不熟悉，或为某团体不熟的人，也指不认识的人。
foreigner: 指在异国作短期访问或长期居住的外国人。
alien: 指没有成为侨居国正式公民的移民。
immigrant: 指在别国定居并取得所在国国籍的外国人。
这些名词均有“陌生人，外人”之意。
stranger: 指对当地的生活习惯、语言等不熟悉，或为某团体不熟的人，也指不认识的人。
foreigner: 指在异国作短期访问或长期居住的外国人。
alien: 指没有成为侨居国正式公民的移民。
immigrant: 指在别国定居并取得所在国国籍的外国人。