strangers

英 [ˈstreɪndʒəz]

美 [ˈstreɪndʒərz]

n.  陌生人; 外地人; 新来者
stranger的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 陌生人
  Astrangeris someone you have never met before.
  1. Telling a complete stranger about your life is difficult...
     要对一个素昧平生的人谈自己的生活经历是比较困难。
  2. Sometimes I feel like I'm living with a stranger.
     有时我觉得自己和一个陌生人生活在一起。
• N-PLURAL 互不相识的人
  If two people arestrangers, they do not know each other.
  1. The women knew nothing of the dead girl. They were strangers.
     女人们都对死去的女孩一无所知。她们互不相识。
• N-COUNT 外乡人;外地人
  If you are astrangerin a place, you do not know the place well.
  1. 'You don't know much about our town, do you?'—'No, I'm a stranger here.'
     “你不太了解我们这个镇，是吗？”——“是的，我是外地人。”
• N-COUNT 生手;外行;(对…)一无所知的人
  If you are astranger tosomething, you have had no experience of it or do not understand it.
  1. He is no stranger to controversy...
     他是个颇具争议的人物。
  2. We were both strangers to diplomatic life.
     我们俩在外交方面都是生手。
• See also:strange

You do not usestrangerto talk about someone who comes from a country which is not your own. You can refer to him or her as aforeigner, but this word can sound rather rude. It is better to talk aboutsomeone from abroad.
指非本国人不能用 stranger，要用foreigner，但 foreigner 一词听起来很不礼貌。更恰当的说法是 someone from abroad。

双语例句

• I don't like strangers who ask impertinent questions.
  我不喜欢冒昧提问的陌生人。
• They are now realising just how much they owe to kind-hearted strangers
  他们现在开始意识到那些心地善良的陌生人帮了他们多大的忙。
• The child shrinks from meeting strangers.
  这孩子怕生。
• They were a clannish lot, not given to welcoming strangers.
  他们那帮人抱成一团，不怎么欢迎生人。
• He shows an almost childlike timidity in talking with strangers.
  他和生人谈话简直像小孩子一样面嫩。
• He always feels rather ill at ease before strangers.
  他在陌生人面前总有些不自在。
• The child is shy with strangers.
  这个小孩认生。
• A large group of undesirable strangers crashed her party.
  一大群不受欢迎的陌生人不请自来，搅了她的聚会。
• We were both strangers to diplomatic life.
  我们俩在外交方面都是生手。
• Their view of country people was that they like to please strangers. I did not disabuse them of this notion.
  他们认为乡下人爱讨好陌生人，对此观点我并未予以纠正。