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語源

First attested in mid 13th century. From 中期英語 abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- +‎ broad.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈbɹɔːd/
• (General American)
  • (without the cot–caught merger) IPA: /əˈbɹɔd/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA: /əˈbɹɑd/
• (Indic) IPA: /əbˈrɔɖ/
• 韻: -ɔːd
• ハイフネーション: a‧broad

副詞

abroad (not comparable) (only postpositive)

1. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. [from 1350–1470]
   • 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times‎:

     A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.

   • 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XIV, in The History of England from the Accession of James II‎, volume 3:

     Another prince, deposed by the Revolution, was living abroad.

2. (dated) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space. [from 1150–1350]

   A tree spreads its branches abroad.

   • 1895, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, The Men of the Moss-hags, page 28:

     "Faither!" I cried as I undid the bolt and pushed the leaves of the door abroad, "Faither, ye are welcome hame!"

3. (dated) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode. [from 1150–1350)]
   • p. 1650, John Evelyn, edited by William Bray, Diary‎, Frederic Warne and Company, published 1818, entry for 1650 July 7, page 207:

     I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad.

   • 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon, and other Poems on several Occasions:

     Again: The lonely fox roams far abroad, / On ſecret rapine bent and midnight fraud; […]

   • 1891, Rudyard Kipling, The Return of Imray:

     She spoke to Strickland in a language of her own, and whenever in her walks abroad she saw things calculated to destroy the peace of Her Majesty the Queen Empress, she returned to her master and gave him information.

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter 1, in The House Behind the Cedars:

     Was it so irreconcilable, Warwick wondered, as still to peal out the curfew bell, which at nine o'clock at night had clamorously warned all negroes, slave or free, that it was unlawful for them to be abroad after that hour, under penalty of imprisonment or whipping?

   • 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “A Duel”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 83:

     But the time was soon over, and before he realized it Tarzan found himself abroad again. Several times De Coude had called, and when he found that Tarzan was anxious for employment of some nature he promised to see what could be done to find a berth for him.

   • 1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 6, in Casino Royale, page 34:

     There were very few people abroad and the two men standing quietly under a tree on the opposite side of the boulevard looked out of place.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:abroad.
4. (dated) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction. [from late 15 c.]
   • 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:

     This Peece, or Schisme of Suicisme, and Selfishnesse, hath spawned most of the Heresies and Schismes, that are abroad in the World.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 1:45:

     But he went out, and beganne to publish it much, and to blase abroad the matter: insomuch that Iesus could no more openly enter into the citie, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from euery quarter.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:abroad.
5. Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed. [from early 19 c.]
6. (sports) Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.

派生語

名詞

abroad

1. (rare, Scotland) Countries or lands abroad. [First attested in the mid 19 century.]
   • 1929, King George V, widely (and variously) quoted:

     I hate abroad, abroad’s bloody.

   • c. 1991, New Statesman & Society, volumes 3–4, page 180:

     I am not, however, a xenophobe: obviously, abroad has some good ideas—arranged marriages, violent revolutions and so on.

   • 2001 March 13, The Earl of Onslow, speaking in the House of Lords, quoted in Hansard:

     That is not a xenophobic remark. I am a xenophiliac; I love abroad. I love foreigners. I just do not like the way that they are running the European agricultural policy.

派生語

前置詞

abroad

1. Throughout, over.

形容詞

abroad (not comparable)

1. (nonstandard, chiefly non-native speakers' English) International.
   • 1991, Alan Jefferson, Leonard John Lickorish, Marketing Tourism: A Practical Guide:

     [...] much shorter than an abroad trip at eight nights although the average spending per person night is only slightly less on a US trip than an abroad trip, $37 compared with $41. Around half of Canadian trips to other countries are to Europe.

   • 2018 January 25, Shalini & Brajesh, My Traditional Dil-E-Maa, Notion Press, →ISBN:

     [...] an abroad trip was going to raise some heat in the town, amongst our relatives. My family has always been the pioneers of middle-classism. My mother has still never owned a diamond.

   • 2018 April 12, Beena Sunil, Thorns of Love, Notion Press, →ISBN:

     [...] as her father had an abroad trip, he had dropped her mother here.

   • 2022 February 19, Deepika Kathiresan, Yuva Janani, Felicible Paradise, Unvoiced Heart, page 31:

     Sreeja argued with Lalit to reduce his abroad trip and Lalit did listen to her. [...] Sreeja started to feel lonely even when Lalit was around. At certain point Lalit couldn't take it anymore and left for months to an abroad trip.

   • 2022 June 24, Alessandro Ferrari, Pietro Pizzo, Injection Technologies and Mixture Formation Strategies For Spark Ignition and Dual-Fuel Engines, SAE International, →ISBN, page 3:

     He had contracted the disease during an abroad trip to draw up an agreement for the mass production of low-power engines.

参照

• "Now abroad has entered English as a noun" - The New York Times, "ON LANGUAGE; The Near Abroad", William Safire, May 22, 1994, quoting Christian Caryl

アナグラム

• A board, Baroda, aboard, aborad