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a person that you do not know 陌生人 There was a complete stranger sitting at my desk. 我书桌前坐着一个从未见过的陌生人。 They got on well together although they were total strangers. 尽管以前素未谋面，但他们相处融洽。 Why should a perfect (= complete) stranger ever help me out? 为什么一个完全陌生的人要帮我？ We've told our daughter not to speak to strangers. 我们告诉女儿不要和陌生人讲话。 - stranger to somebody
She remained a stranger to me. 我一直未能了解她。
Extra ExamplesHe was a complete stranger to me. 他对我来说完全是陌生人。 His years abroad had made him almost a stranger with his family. 他多年在国外，对家人几乎有些陌生。 She said that I would meet a mysterious stranger. 她说我会遇到一个神秘的陌生人。 He was tired of being accosted by strangers in the street. 他厌倦了在街上被陌生人搭讪。
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a person who is in a place that they have not been in before 外地人；新来者 Sorry, I don't know where the bank is. I'm a stranger here myself. 对不起，我不知道银行在哪儿。我不是本地人。 - stranger to…
He must have been a stranger to the town. 他当时一定是刚到这个镇子。
Extra ExamplesYou're a stranger here, aren't you? 你是新来的，对吧？ She was a stranger to the place. 她对这个地方不熟悉。
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Word Originlate Middle English: shortening of Old French estrangier, from Latin extraneus ‘external, strange’.