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。
• Blackstone has made its first foray into Indian real estate with the acquisition of a stake in a project management company that it can use as a springboard for other investments.
  百仕通（Blackstone）首次进军印度地产市场，收购了一家项目管理公司的股份，该公司可以作为进行其他投资的跳板。
• Some point to the problems Daimler, another high-end German carmaker, had with its foray into mass-market production through its acquisition of Chrysler.
  一些人指出，德国另一家高端汽车制造商戴姆勒公司（daimler）曾通过收购克莱斯勒（chrysler）来冲击大众汽车市场，之后遇到了一些问题。
• Disney's foray into English-language instruction in China comes as the niche industry is booming.
  迪士尼涉足中国英语教学市场正赶上这一市场蓬勃兴旺之际。
• Mingle represents ThoughtWorks'first foray into commercial product development for the masses.
  Mingle代表了ThoughtWorks在面向大众的商业产品开发领域的第一场战役。
• GE's foray into home appliances paid dividends for generations.
  GE突袭进入家电行业让几代人受益。
• This is the company's first foray into the computer market.
  这是该公司打入计算机市场的首次尝试。
• Little sheep has limited its foray abroad to about 17 restaurants in six markets.
  小肥羊已经节制了在海外的攻势，限制在6个市场中的17家饭店。
• 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。
• 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。