a·broad /əˈbrɔːd $ əˈbrɒːd/ ●●● S2 W3 adverbadv1 FOREIGNTRAVELin or to a foreign country 在國外;到國外I’ve never lived abroad before. 我以前從未在國外生活過。
She often goes abroad on business. 她經常出國公幹。
We never travelled abroad when we were kids. 我們小時候從來沒有去國外旅行過。
5goods imported from abroad從國外進口的商品
nA lot of goods are imported from abroad.
The books about Harry Potter have been very popular, both at home and abroad. 有關哈利·波特的書在國内外一直都很流行。
2 formal if a feeling, piece of news etc is abroad, a lot of people feel it or know about it 廣泛流傳5commercial secrets which we did not want to be spread abroad我們不想傳出去的商業秘密
nThere were rumours abroad that she was planning to resign.
n GRAMMAR: ComparisonabroadYou go abroad or study abroad.
Don’t use a preposition before abroad. ✗Don’t say:
go to abroad | study in abroad
a foreign countryYou go to a foreign country or study in a foreign country.