新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

foray

英  [ˈfɒreɪ]
    
美  [ˈfɔːr-]

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • forays

    1[C 可数名词] 涉足

    If you make a foray into a new or unfamiliar type of activity, you start to become involved in it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Emporio Armani, the Italian fashion house, has made a discreet foray into furnishings.

    意大利时装公司安普里奥·阿玛尼已谨慎地涉足室内装饰业。

    2[C 可数名词] 短程旅行

    You can refer to a short trip that you make as a foray if it seems to involve excitement or risk, for example, because it is to an unfamiliar place or because you are looking for a particular thing.

    双语例句

    例:

    Most guests make at least one foray into the town.

    大多数客人至少去过一次城里。

    3[C 可数名词] 突袭

    If a group of soldiers make a foray into enemy territory, they make a quick attack there, and then return to their own territory.

    近义词

    raid

    双语例句

    例:

    These base camps were used by the PKK guerrillas to make forays into Turkey.

    这些基地营被库尔德工人党游击队用来对土耳其进行突袭。