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alien

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a·li·en1 /ˈeɪliən/ ●●○ adjectiveadj  
1  DIFFERENTvery different from what you are used to, especially in a way that is difficult to understand or accept 陌生的 SYN strange
 the alien environment of the city
城里陌生的环境
be alien to somebody
 a way of life that is totally alien to us
我们完全陌生的生活方式
2  FOREIGNbelonging to another country or race 外国的，异域的；异族的 SYN foreign
 alien cultures
异域文化
 an alien multiracial society
一个多种族的异国社会
3  [only before noun]TTS relating to creatures from another world 外星人[生物]的
 alien beings from another planet
来自另一个行星的外星生物
Examples from the Corpus
alien• By this time, I should not feel alien.• It is the people of this world who are alien.• To the rest of Britain, such behavior is not only alien, but alienating.• An alien object was threatening the organism.• Entire groups were driven from their homes to alien regions.• an alien spaceship• A parliament possessing real power is alien to the country's every tradition.• His decision to send her away from her home and brother into an alien world was interpreted as rejection.
be alien to somebody• If she was stuck with wanting a man whose background and conditioning were alien to her, then that was her problem.• He also recognises that in a free society values may develop which are alien to its very existence.• Of course this kind of thoughtful extension is alien to most Highland hotel owners.• Nothing we learn about them is alien to ourselves.• A parliament possessing real power is alien to the country's every tradition.• They impose liturgical traditions, organisational structures, communication methods and leadership models which are alien to their environment.• It is alien to what the prevailing populace believes, or what it thinks it should believe.
alien beings• In short, he concluded without reservation that the canals were artificial constructs of technologically advanced alien beings.• There was no alien spacecraft, and there were no alien beings and no secret autopsies in the desert in 1947.• That was exactly how I felt, as if I had been brought up by alien beings, inhuman things.• The daleks in question are not enraged alien beings with full metal jackets.
Related topics: Space
alien2 ●○○ noun [countableC]  
1  someone who is not a legal citizen of the country they are living or working in 外侨，外国人
 illegal aliens entering the country
非法入境的外国人
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Alien is used in official contexts. In everyday English, foreigner is used, but can sound disapproving or unfriendly. To avoid this, people often use the expression people from other countries instead: Alien用于正式语境。 在日常英语中，用foreigner一词，但是这个词带有贬义色彩或显得不友好。 为了避免这一点，人们常用短语people from other countries
In those days people from other countries rarely came to Japan.
那个时候，很少有外国人到日本来。
2. TTSin stories, a creature from another world 外星人[生物]
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alien• Let's say that as an alien you arrive in your space-ship, have a bumpy landing and succumb to amnesia.• I have a boss who is an alien from another planet.• These people believe they were kidnapped by aliens.• They didn't look ready for aliens.• The law makes it easier to find and deport illegal aliens.• In 1994, voters there approved Proposition 187, which restricts education, health and other state services to illegal aliens.• Some aliens may qualify for citizenship under the new law.• Intrigued, the aliens monitored the few lyrics they could hear rising up from this outdoor roller ritual.• The rest of the aliens look at me, look at each other, look down at their food.• Apparently we have made contact with aliens!
illegal aliens• He claimed there was widespread voting by noncitizens and illegal aliens.• Then agents have a hard time distinguishing illegal aliens from others, he said.• Under the amnesty law, many illegal aliens were given citizenship.• A family of illegal aliens is peppered with shotgun pellets in a drive-by shooting.• At issue is a provision in the 1986 immigration bill barring the hiring of illegal aliens.• In 1994, voters there approved Proposition 187, which restricts education, health and other state services to illegal aliens.• John Fife, were found guilty in federal court of transporting illegal aliens, conspiracy and other charges.
Alienn  
n(1979) a horror film directed by Ridley Scott about a creature that kills people, sometimes after first living in their bodies. There has been a series of Alien films, including Alien Resurrection (1997) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007).
From Longman Business Dictionary
aliena·li·en /ˈeɪliən/ noun [countableC]
someone who lives and works in a foreign country
measures to preventillegal aliens entering the country
Origin alien1
(1300-1400) Old French Latin alienus, from alius “other”
a·li·en1 adjectiveadjalien2 noun →REGISTER1Alienn
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5998 COCA: 3977
alien

noun¹

 1non-citizen非公民ADJECTIVE | VERB + ALIEN ADJECTIVE➤enemy敵國僑民◇During the war, he was imprisoned as an enemy alien.戰爭期間，他作為敵國僑民被關押。➤illegal, undocumented (NAmE) 非法外僑；未登記的僑民（非法入境僑民）◇Illegal aliens are usually deported to their country of origin.非法外僑通常被逐回原籍國。➤criminal (NAmE) 犯罪的外國人▸➤undesirable不受歡迎的外國人▸➤resident外籍居民VERB + ALIEN➤deport將僑民驅逐出境◇The provisions would broaden the government's ability to deport aliens.這些規定會擴大政府驅逐僑民的能力。➤apprehend, arrest, detain (all especially NAmE) 拘押／逮捕／拘留僑民➤hire (especially NAmE) 雇用僑民◇It is illegal for employers to hire aliens not authorized for employment. (NAmE) 雇主雇用無就業許可的僑民是非法的。
alien

noun²

 2creature from another planet來自另一行星的生物ADJECTIVE | ALIEN + VERB ADJECTIVE➤space外星人◇Do you genuinely believe that space aliens have landed on our planet?你真的相信外星人來過我們的星球嗎？➤giant巨型外星人➤intelligent有智慧的外星人◇Few movies represent intelligent aliens as physically different from humans.多數電影中有智慧的外星人幾乎與人類長得差不多。ALIEN + VERB➤abduct, kidnap外星人誘拐／綁架◇He was convinced that he'd been abducted by aliens.他堅信自己被外星人綁架過。➤invade外星人入侵◇In the movie aliens invade Earth.該影片中，外星人入侵了地球。
alien

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBS➤be, feel, seem陌生；感覺陌生；好像陌生▸➤become變得陌生▸➤find sth覺得⋯陌生◇It was an act of violence that she found alien and shocking.這是一起讓她感到陌生和震驚的暴力行為。ADVERB➤so, very如此格格不入；很陌生▸➤completely, entirely, totally, utterly截然不同；完全陌生▸➤quite, somewhat相當／有些陌生▸➤essentially本質上不同◇What is it like to live in an essentially alien culture?生活在截然不同的文化中會是什麼樣呢？PREPOSITION➤to對⋯來說陌生◇They spoke a language totally alien to him.他們說一種對他來說完全陌生的語言。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5998 COCA: 3977
alien adj.
⇨ foreign (alone in an alien land) ⇨ strange 2 (a world that is alien and dangerous)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5998 COCA: 3977
alien
Foreign and foreignness: foreign, overseas, alien...
Moving to and living in a different country: immigration, asylum, exile...
Science fiction: alien, alien, android...
Unusual in an interesting way: unusual, special, unique...

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