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

• The child is shy with strangers.
  这个小孩认生。
• He always feels rather ill at ease before strangers.
  他在陌生人面前总有些不自在。
• The little girl is as timid as a hare, shy in the presence of strangers.
  这小姑娘胆子特别小，怕人。
• Some people are always coming up to perfect strangers and asking them what they do
  有些人总爱和完全不认识的人搭讪，询问人家的职业。
• There are few strangers in a town like ours
  像我们这样的镇子很少有外地人。
• It's not polite to point or talk about strangers in public
  在公共场合对陌生人指指点点或议论纷纷都不礼貌。
• We don't like strangers who poke their noses into our affairs
  我们不喜欢陌生人干预我们的事务。
• The soldiers had orders to allow no strangers through the gates.
  士兵们接到命令，不准外人进入大门。
• She is always bashful among strangers.
  她和生人在一起，总是忸忸怩怩。
• 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。