1. C 陌生人　 person that one does not know
2. C 新来者　 person in a new or an unfamiliar place or with people that sb does not know their way around it

　admit a ～　允许陌生人进入
　distrust a ～　不相信陌生人
　entertain a ～　招待陌生人
　guide a ～　引导陌生人，给陌生人指路
　make a ～ of　冷淡地对待
　make no ～ of　热情对待
　question a ～　询问陌生人
　receive a ～　接待陌生人
　complete ～　完全陌生的人，完全不熟悉的人
　perfect ～　完全不认识的人
　total ～　根本不认识的人
　no ～ to this kind of thing　对这类事有亲身体会

　A stranger brought you this letter during your absence.　你不在时，一个陌生人给你捎来了这封信。
　A complete stranger waved to me in the street.　一个我根本不认识的人在大街上向我招手。
　They perceived a stranger wandering in the garden.　他们看到一个陌生人在花园里闲逛。
　The stranger fastened on my arm.　那个陌生人紧紧抓住我的胳膊。
　The soldiers had been ordered to allow no strangers through.　士兵们接到命令，不许任何陌生人通过。
　Everyone liked the stranger, but in reality he was a criminal.　大家都喜欢这个陌生人，其实他却是个罪犯。
　In the woods, he met with two strangers.　在林中他遇到两个陌生人。
　She is always distant with strangers.　她对陌生人总是很冷漠。
　Don't become too confidential with strangers on a journey.　旅行中不可太相信陌生人。
　She never talks to strangers.　她从来不与陌生人谈话。
　He is a stranger in New York.　在纽约他是一个异乡人。
　"Can you tell me the way to the station?""I'm sorry, I'm a stranger here myself."　“你能告诉我到车站怎么走吗?”“对不起，我也不是本地人”。

 ♣ a stranger to
1. 陌生人 person that one does not know
　She is a stranger to us.　我们不认识她。
2. 外行 layman; nonprofessional
　He is no stranger to property.　对于房地产他绝非外行。
3. 新到某地的人 person that one went somewhere at first
　She was not a stranger to this place, she was educated here.　她不是初来此地，她是在这里上的学。
4. 不习惯于某种感情、经历、状况、工作等 be unaccustomed to a certain feeling, experience, condition, job, etc.
　She is not a stranger to misfortune.　她对不幸的经历并不陌生。
　I'm a stranger to Spanish.　我不懂西班牙文。
　She is a stranger to truth.　她说谎了。

1. 被人蔑视为二等公民，他感到在异国他乡自己完全是个格格不入的外人。
　［误］ Looked down upon as a second-class citizen, he found himself a total stranger in that foreign country.
　［正］ Looked down upon as a second-class citizen, he found himself a total alien in that foreign country.
　［析］ stranger是指一个人由于风俗、习惯上的不同而感到自己是外人；而如果因被人看不起而感到自己是外人，要用alien.
2. 他对我来说是一个陌生人。
　［误］ He is a stranger for me.
　［正］ He is a stranger to me.
　［析］ to在这里表示“对…来说”，不能用其他介词替代。
3. 我对美国的生活很不习惯。
　［误］ I'm a complete stranger for American life.
　［正］ I'm a complete stranger to American life.
　［析］ 表示“对…不习惯”，应该说 a stranger to...，其中介词 to不能改用 for.

　［同义词］ directly
　［词源］　古法语estrange<拉丁语extraneus（异，陌生）