alien

宇宙人、地球外生命体

別の惑星など、地球以外の場所から来た生き物。

やさしい英語で： A living creature from another planet or somewhere beyond Earth.

• The alien came from another planet.
• In the film, aliens land near a school.
• Would you be afraid to meet an alien?

類義語： extraterrestrial

よく使う表現： friendly alien, alien invasion, alien from space, alien life

外国人

自分が国籍を持たない国に住んでいる人。

やさしい英語で： A person living in a country whose citizenship they do not have.

• The form describes him as a resident alien.
• Aliens must meet the stated visa requirements.
• The law distinguishes citizens from aliens.

類義語： foreign national, noncitizen

反対語： citizen

よく使う表現： resident alien, registered alien, alien registration

部外者、外来種

ある集団や地域の外から来た人、動物、植物、物。

やさしい英語で： A person, animal, plant, or thing that comes from outside a particular group or area.

• The newcomer was treated as an alien.
• This plant is an alien in the local forest.
• Even after years there, she felt like an alien among the villagers.

類義語： outsider, stranger

反対語： native

よく使う表現： alien among us, alien in something

異質な、なじみのない

とてもなじみがない、または知っていることや受け入れることと全く違う。

やさしい英語で： Very strange or unfamiliar, or completely different from what someone knows or accepts.

• Everything in the city felt alien.
• Such behaviour is alien to our values.
• The customs seemed completely alien to the visitors.

使い方： alien to someone/something (The idea of retirement was alien to him.)

類義語： unfamiliar, strange, foreign

反対語： familiar

よく使う表現： alien to someone, alien to something, alien environment

外国の、異国の

別の国から来た、またはその国や国民に属する。

やさしい英語で： From or belonging to another country or its people.

• The sailors arrived on alien shores.
• The law restricted ownership of alien property.
• During the war, some foreign residents were classified as alien enemies.

類義語： foreign

反対語： native, domestic

よく使う表現： alien shores, alien property, alien enemies