foray

英 [ˈfɒreɪ]

美 [ˈfɔːreɪ]

n.  (改变职业、活动的)尝试; 突袭; 闪电式袭击; 短途(寻物); 短暂访问(新地方)
vt.  袭击劫掠

复数：forays　现在分词：foraying　过去式：forayed　第三人称单数：forays　过去分词：forayed　

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牛津词典

noun

• （改变职业、活动的）尝试
  an attempt to become involved in a different activity or profession
  1. the company's first foray into the computer market
     该公司的初次涉足计算机市场
• 突袭；闪电式袭击
  a short sudden attack made by a group of soldiers
• 短途（寻物）；短暂访问（新地方）
  a short journey to find a particular thing or to visit a new place
  1. weekend shopping forays to France
     周末赴法国购物

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 初次尝试;涉足
  If you make aforayintoa new or unfamiliar type of activity, you start to become involved in it.
  1. Emporio Armani, the Italian fashion house, has made a discreet foray into furnishings.
     意大利时装品牌安普里奥·阿玛尼谨慎进入家居用品市场。
  2. ...her first forays into politics.
     她首次涉足政界
• N-COUNT 短暂旅行;闪电造访
  You can refer to a short journey that you make as aforayif 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.
  1. Most guests make at least one foray into the town...
     多数客人至少去过一次城里。
  2. A foray to your supermarket will supply all the ready-made foods for an excellent picnic.
     去一趟超市就可以将一次完美野餐所需的现成食物置办妥当。
• N-COUNT 突袭;闪电式袭击
  If a group of soldiers make aforayintoenemy territory, they make a quick attack there, and then return to their own territory.
  1. These base camps were used by the PKK guerrillas to make forays into Turkey.
     这些基地训练营被库尔德工人党游击队用于对土耳其实施突袭行动。

英英释义

noun

• an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)
  1. scientists' forays into politics
• a sudden short attack
  Synonym:raidmaraud

verb

• briefly enter enemy territory
• steal goods
  1. During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
  Synonym:plunderdespoillootreavestriprifleransackpillage

双语例句

• Charles Schwab's$ 228m Global Real Estate Fund, made its first foray into emerging markets in March.
  嘉信理财（CharlesSchwab）规模2.28亿美元的全球房地产基金于今年3月首度进军新兴市场。
• We wonder if it's Ikea's first foray into space.
  我们想知道是否这是“宜家家居”对太空的第一次进军。
• This month, Vanke made its first foray into the us with an investment in a residential complex in San Francisco.
  本月，万科对旧金山的一个住宅项目进行了投资，这是万科首次在美国出手。
• The Pixel also represents Google's latest foray into hardware.
  Pixel也代表着谷歌对硬件的最新尝试。
• In the 1990s that foray was broadband and we invested billions in deploying broadband into the infrastructure and it changed the company.
  我们投资了数十亿资金完成宽带基础设施的部署，这也使公司发生了变化。
• This is not the government` s first foray into foreign food.
  这已不是朝鲜政府首次引进外国食物了。
• Chery's earlier-than-expected foray into he US market may or may not succeed.
  奇瑞的早于预期的对美国市场的进入可能成功也可能失败。
• Most guests make at least one foray into the town
  多数客人至少去过一次城里。
• But he does think an unsuccessful foreign foray could hit the overall reputation of British schools abroad.
  但他也认为，一次不成功的海外尝试可能会损害英国学校在海外的总体声誉。
• I made a quick foray into town before lunch to get my sister a present.
  中饭前我匆匆到镇上去了一趟，给我妹妹买件礼物。