extern

extern
[ɪkˈstəːn, ɛk-]
noun
  1. (N. Amer.)a non-resident doctor or other worker in a hospital
    (北美)非住院医师(或医务工作者)
  2. (in a strictly enclosed order of nuns) a sister who does not live exclusively within the enclosure and goes on outside errands
    (严格封闭的女修道会中的经常外出办事的)非住院修女;外勤修女
verb
  1. [with obj.](SE Asian)banish (someone considered politically undesirable) from a region or district
    (东南亚)放逐(政治反对派)
    he was externed for inciting communal tension in Mumbai.
    他因在孟买煽动社区紧张关系而被驱逐。
派生
externment
noun
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense 'external'): from French externe or Latin externus, from exter 'outer'. The word was used by Shakespeare to mean 'outward appearance'; current senses date from the early 17th cent
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