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An interloper is someone who comes into a place, a group, or a business where they should not be — and often where they are not wanted. The feeling is a little sharp: not a guest, and not always a thief; someone who has pushed in.
An interloper interloper is是 someone某人 who comes into進入 a place一個地方, a group一個團體, or或 a business一個生意 where在那裡他 they should not be不該出現 — and而且 often常常 where在那裡他 they are not wanted不受歡迎. The feeling這種感覺 is有點 a little sharp尖銳: not不是 a guest客人, and而且 not always也不總是 a thief小偷; someone就是某個 who has pushed in硬擠進來的人
Long ago it meant a trader who broke into another company’s private market. Today people use it for a stranger at a family table, a person who walks into a closed meeting, or even an animal in a garden.
Long ago很久以前, it它 meant指的是 a trader一個商人 who broke into闖進 another company's private market另一家公司的私有市場. Today今天, people人們 use用它 it for指 a stranger一個陌生人 at a family table在家庭餐桌上, a person一個人 who walks into走進 a closed meeting一個封閉的會議, or或甚至 even an animal一隻動物 in a garden在花園裡
It is a written, slightly old-fashioned word; in speech many people would say intruder, or simply someone who doesn’t belong. Though actually, it does not have to be a crime — the hurt is “you are not one of us,” not only “you broke a law.”
It它 is是 a written, slightly old-fashioned word一個書面、有點老派的詞; in speech在口語中 many people很多人 would say會說 intruder intruder, or或 simply就只是 someone who doesn't belong不屬於這裡的人. Though actually不過事實上, it它 does not have to be不一定要 a crime是一種犯罪 — the hurt這種傷害 is就是 “you are not one of us,”「你不是我們的人」, not only而不只是 “you broke a law.”「你犯了法」
組成inter- (between / into the middle) + loper (runner, rover), the same kind of building as old landloper (a vagrant). From lope, “to leap, to run.” It was first spelled enterloper and meant an unauthorized trader; the wider sense “self-interested intruder” came later.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
interlopernoun/ˌɪntəˈləʊ̯pə/
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One who interferes, intrudes, or gets involved where not welcome; particularly, a self-interested intruder.
- They disliked the interloper, and forced him to leave.
- In a button-up plaid shirt with an unwieldly suitcase, he is an interloper from another world – one whose first social faux pas is to make his way slowly through the various gates and arrive at the imposing front door on foot, rather than wait to be picked up from the train station by a servant.
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obsoleteAn unlicensed or illegitimate trader.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。