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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.
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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]
Examples from the Corpus
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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