abroad: [13] It was only in the 15th century that abroad came to mean ‘in foreign parts’. Earlier, it had been used for ‘out of doors’, a sense still current today, if with a rather archaic air; but originally it meant ‘widely’ or ‘about’ (as in ‘noise something abroad’). It was formed quite simply from a ‘on’ and the adjective broad, although it was probably modelled on the much earlier (Old English) phrase on brede, in which brede was a noun, meaning ‘breadth’. => broad
abroad (adv.)
mid-13c., "widely apart," from Old English on brede, which meant something like "at wide" (see a- (1) + broad (adj.)). The sense "out of doors, away from home" (late 14c.) led to the main modern sense of "out of one's country, overseas" (mid-15c.).
雙語例句
1. He rented out his house while he worked abroad.
他在國外工作期間把自己的房子租了出去。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He also collects things for the house on his travels abroad.
他在國外旅遊時也為家宅搜集物品作為擺設。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Most of those who left the province to work abroad were unskilled.
那些離開該省出國打工的人大部分都未經專門訓練。
來自柯林斯例句
4. There are signs of paramilitary activity supported from abroad.
有跡象表明，非法軍事組織的活動得到了國外勢力的支持。
來自柯林斯例句
5. He doesn't think English-born players can cut it abroad.