Word · Frequency #5998
aliens
使疏远；使产生隔阂
aliens is the third person singular of alien.
to make someone feel estranged or no longer close
- 1.
To estrange; to alienate.
使疏远；使离间
- 2.
To transfer the ownership of something.
转让所有权。
转让（所有权）；让渡；使疏远；使离间；转让所有权。
In use
His constant criticism aliened her from the rest of the team.
She worries that moving abroad will alien her from her closest friends.
Working late every day is aliening him from his children.
Verb forms
base alien · third person aliens · -ing aliening · past aliened · past participle aliened
作动词时意为'转让'，常用于法律语境。
Connections
Collocations
- alien property
- 转让财产
- He aliened his property to his son.他把财产转让给了他的儿子。
- alien land
- 转让土地
- The corporation aliened the land to the city.公司把土地转让给了城市。
- alien a right
- 转让权利
- She aliened her rights to the invention.她转让了这项发明的权利。
Idioms & figurative uses
- be alien to
- 与...格格不入；对...陌生The concept of privacy is alien to many cultures.隐私的概念对许多文化来说是陌生的。
- feel like an alien
- 感觉格格不入；感觉像个外来者After moving to a new country, I felt like an alien.搬到新国家后，我感觉像个外来者。
- alien encounter
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想'离人'（离开家乡的人），即外国人。
Context & Register
该词的动词用法在词典中未提供具体释义，常见用法为名词或形容词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common words rhyme with 'alien' (stressed vowel /eɪ/ + following sounds). The listed words share the /iən/ ending sound (spelled '-ian') with the final syllable of 'alien', but differ in stress and preceding consonant, so they are lookalikes, not perfect rhymes.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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