核心畫面
Picture standing on your own coast and looking out: everything on the far side of that water is 'overseas'. The picture is drawn from an island's point of view — one country here, the rest of the world across the water.
可以想成：你站在自己的海岸邊往外看，水的另一邊那些地方就是 overseas。這個畫面是從島國的角度畫出來的——這裡…更多收起
可以想成：你站在自己的海岸邊往外看，水的另一邊那些地方就是 overseas。這個畫面是從島國的角度畫出來的——這裡是自己的國家，其他世界在海的那一頭。台灣人特別容易接上這個感覺。原始詞典資料5 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。
overseasadj/ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/
- 1
Abroad, especially across the sea.
- Overseas branches of the company are doing well.
- 2
Used with ethnicities, nationalities, or religious affiliations: living (being resident) in a foreign country.
- Overseas Chinese communities exist in North and South America.
- The reputations of our universities and our research base are already under threat because of the fallout from the EU referendum result, which is making the UK an unfriendlier place for overseas scholars and students, as well as cutting off access to an important stream of research funding and to a vibrant and well-developed ecosystem for collaborative work.
- 3
Across a sea; to or in an area across a sea.
- Her overseas trip went well.
overseasadv/ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/
- 1
Abroad.
- He emigrated and now lives overseas.
- 2
Across a sea; to an area across a sea.
- She travelled overseas.
- (We are agents of the free.) I've had my fun, and now it's time to serve your conscience overseas. Coming in fast, over me...
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。