| 词汇 | foray |
| 释义 | foray noun[ C ] uk /ˈfɒr.eɪ/ us /ˈfɔːr.eɪ/ foraynoun[C] (ATTEMPT)a short period of time being involved in an activity that is different from and outside the range of a usual set of activities: 初次尝试 make a foray intoShe made a brief foray into acting before becoming a teacher.她在当老师之前曾经涉足表演。 Trying and making an effort A game all out assault attempt attempted commitment give something your best shotidiom go after someone go all outidiom go down swinging/fightingidiom go for someone nose shoot for something shoot for the moonidiom shoot the worksidiom smarten (someone/something) up smarten up your actidiom spare stretch struggle foraynoun[C] (VISIT)a short visit, especially with a known purpose: （尤指有明确目的的）短暂访问 make a foray intoI made a quick foray into town before lunch to get my sister a present.午饭前我很快地进了一趟城，去为我妹妹买一件礼物。 Journeys adventure break-journey carpool carpooling circumnavigation commuting expedition field trip grand tour jaunt junket layover move odyssey ride round trip sail seafaring trip wanderings You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Visiting foraynoun[C] (ATTACK)the act of an army suddenly and quickly entering the area belonging to the enemy in order to attack them or steal their supplies（军队为了打击敌人或夺取补给品的）突袭，闪电式侵袭 Attacking & invading advance guard aggressor ambush beleaguer beleaguered besiege blitz cyberbullying cyberwarfare declare war on someone/something false flag full-frontal assault hit and run pincer movement post-attack post-conquest pre-emption privateer surgical strike swoop foray | American Dictionaryforay noun[ C ] us/ˈfɔr·eɪ, ˈfoʊr-/ a brief attempt at or involvement in an activity outside a person’s or organization’s usual range of activities: The opera company has made curious forays into contemporary music in recent seasons. A foray is also a sudden and quick attack by a group of soldiers on an enemy area. foray | Business Englishforay noun[ C ] uk /ˈfɒreɪ/us a short involvement in an activity, an area, or a market that is different from a person or company's usual one: a foray into sthThis is the company's first foray into the US market. The supermarket has made a foray into the financial services market. a brief/disastrous/successful foray Examples of forayforay Reclusive, with a natural inclination to string-pulling behind the scenes he, nevertheless, occasionally forayed into the world of civic duty. Pels writes as an anthropologist but his work exhibits none of the failings that some anthropological forays into ' history ' can bring. There were earlier forays into game theory with him. In spite of their ascent, men of science quickly found their forays into the courtroom exceedingly frustrating. The idiom is essentially pentatonic major, though with occasional and highly telling forays into the realms of rarefied chromaticism, and 'dissonance'. Such forays can be both fruitful, in terms of the conclusions brought to light, and entertaining. Weanling rats, in their early forays outside the nest, tend to follow other, older rats. In this manner, a variety of insights make for some rather stimulating and cutting-edge forays. Donors' forays into government reform have been criticised as inconsequential or counterproductive. Our discussion now forays into trust building at the organizational level. I hope that readers of this book will spice it up a little with forays into the primary literature, and thereby gain a more balanced outlook. The authors make ill-advised forays into existentialism, slightly off-the-wall therapeutic strategies for working with disturbed self-concepts and rather odd and idiosyncratic hypothesized structures for the self. With the rise of science and its explanatory forays into the constitution of substances, speakers have become increasingly reliant on expert knowledge for fixing the extensions of their substance terms. In view of recent events, we cannot ignore the possibility of a sporadic recurrence of these border forays and affrays. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope these early forays can be built on in the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of foray These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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