Word · Frequency #11306
foray
涉足；尝试
To do or attempt something outside one's usual area of expertise; to venture into a new activity or field.
常与 into 连用
- 1.
To participate in a foray.
参与突袭
- 2.
To do or attempt something outside one's typical area of expertise.
尝试非专业领域的事情
- 3.
steal goods; take as spoils
掠夺财物；作为战利品
突袭；袭击；掠夺；抢劫；参与突袭；尝试非专业领域的事情；掠夺财物；作为战利品
In use
The Vikings forayed the coastal village, taking gold and silver.
The pirates forayed the merchant ship under the cover of night.
They were caught foraying into the neighboring territory.
Verb forms
base foray · third person forays · -ing foraying · past forayed · past participle forayed
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- foray into politics
- 涉足政坛
- Several celebrities have forayed into politics in recent years.近年来，几位名人都涉足了政坛。
- foray into enemy territory
- 突袭敌方领土
- The soldiers forayed into enemy territory to gather intelligence.士兵们突袭敌方领土以搜集情报。
- foray for supplies
- 突袭夺取补给
- The troops forayed for supplies in the nearby villages.部队在附近的村庄突袭夺取补给。
Idioms & figurative uses
- foray into
- 涉足；尝试She forayed into the world of politics.她涉足了政界。
- make a foray into
- 进军；涉足The company made a foray into the Japanese market.这家公司进军了日本市场。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：'foray' 听起来像 'for a ray'（为了一束光），想象为了探索新领域，像冲进光里试一把。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：news reporting、business meetings、formal writing foray 表示“尝试新领域”时，语气比较正式，多用于新闻、商务和学术等书面语境，日常口语中较少；通常与 into 搭配。
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhymes exactly with foray (/ˈfɔːreɪ/). Foray has first-syllable stress; array, betray, delay, and portray are stressed on the final /-eɪ/, so they are lookalikes that sound different. Day and essay share the /eɪ/ sound but not foray's stressed vowel /ɔːr/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，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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