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Overseas 6524.Overseas 英 əʊvə'Siːz]美 Ovɚ'Siz 释义 Adv 在海外,海外adj

正面 6524.overseas
英 [əʊvə'siːz]美 [,ovɚ'siz]

背面
释义:
adv. 在海外,海外adj. 海外的,国外的
例句:
1. Large overseas-based trusts are an excellent each way bet.大型海外基金的投资前景非常好。

1、over- "outer" + seas(sea的复数形式).
overseas 海外的over-,在上,超过,sea,海。引申词义海外的。
overseas (adj.)1580s, from over + sea. Popularized during World War I as a British euphemism for "colonial.""

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