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1 afield
adverbfar afield — (direction) weit hinaus; (place) weit draußen
from as far afield as — von so weit her wie
* * *[əˈfi:ld]1. (distant) entferntfar/further \afield weit/weiter entfernt [o weg2. HUNT im Feld* * *[ə'fiːld]advtoo/very far afield — zu/sehr weit weg or entfernt
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
* * *afield [əˈfiːld] adv1. a) im oder auf dem Feldb) MIL im Feld2. a) ins oder aufs Feldb) MIL ins Feld3. in der Ferne:far afield weit draußen;come from far afield von weit her kommen4. in die Ferne:far afield weit hinaus;he went too far afield er entfernte sich zu weit5. fig in die Irre:c) weit über den Rahmen hinausgehen (Sache);his criticism was totally afield mit seiner Kritik lag er vollkommen daneben;a) abschweifen (in in akk),b) in die Irre gehen,c) danebengehen (Ansicht, Schuss etc)* * *adverbfar afield — (direction) weit hinaus; (place) weit draußen
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