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词组 overseas
释义 overseas
Overseas is used as an adverb or an adjective.


used as an adverb


If you go overseas, you visit a foreign country which is separated from your own country by sea.
Roughly 4 million Americans travel overseas each year.


used as an adjective


Overseas is used in front of a noun to describe things relating to countries across the sea from your own country. Overseas has a similar meaning to 'foreign', but is more formal. You use it especially when talking about trade, finance, and travel.
...major programmes of overseas aid.
...on a recent overseas visit.

Note that you do not use overseas after 'be' with this meaning. If you say that someone is overseas, you do not mean that they are foreign; you mean that they are visiting a foreign country.

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