afield

afield
adverb

far afield — (direction) weit hinaus; (place) weit draußen

from as far afield as — von so weit her wie

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afield
[əˈfi:ld]
adv
1. (distant) entfernt
far/further \afield weit/weiter entfernt [o weg
2. HUNT im Feld
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[ə'fiːld]
adv

countries further afield — weiter entfernte Länder

too/very far afield — zu/sehr weit weg or entfernt

to venture further afield (lit, fig) — sich etwas weiter (vor)wagen

to explore farther afield — die weitere Umgebung erforschen

to go farther afield for help (fig)in der weiteren Umgebung Hilfe suchen

his studies took him farther afield into new areas of knowledge — seine Forschungen führten ihn immer weiter in neue Wissensbereiche

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afield [əˈfiːld] adv
1. a) im oder auf dem Feld
b) MIL im Feld
2. a) ins oder aufs Feld
b) MIL ins Feld
3. in der Ferne:
far afield weit draußen;
come from far afield von weit her kommen
4. in die Ferne:
far afield weit hinaus;
he went too far afield er entfernte sich zu weit
5. fig in die Irre:
lead sb afield;
be quite afield
a) gewaltig im Irrtum oder auf dem Holzweg sein (Person),
b) ganz falsch oder weit gefehlt sein (Sache),
c) weit über den Rahmen hinausgehen (Sache);
his criticism was totally afield mit seiner Kritik lag er vollkommen daneben;
go afield
a) abschweifen (in in akk),
b) in die Irre gehen,
c) danebengehen (Ansicht, Schuss etc)
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adverb

far afield — (direction) weit hinaus; (place) weit draußen

from as far afield as — von so weit her wie


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