迥异的概念

basic concept───基本概念；本义

high concept───高概念

in concert───一致；齐声

new concept───新概念

open-concept───开放概念

original concept───原始概念

alien planet───外星行星

To a man, however, this is an alien concept because he only talks when he has a solution to offer.───然而，这对一个人来说完全是一种陌生的观念，因为他只有在能提供方案时才会说话。

Sure, I've finished books that were mandatory for college courses, but reading for pleasure was an alien concept.───是的，笔者已经读完所有大学课程的必读书籍了，但是为了寻找快乐而阅读却是一个异常新鲜的想法。

like an increasingly alien concept, picking up a phone without knowing who is on the other end, so as often as not I let the answerphone pick up.───不知道对方是谁的情况下拿起话筒，越来越像是外星人的做法。

Capitalism is an alien concept in such a context, as Smith, Engels and Marx understood.───在这种情况下，正如斯密、恩格斯以及马克思所理解的那样，资本主义是一种外来概念。

That too was an alien concept to North Koreans.───这对朝鲜人来说更是完全不可想象的。

He attributed the small numbers to boarding being a somewhat "alien" concept to the region.───他认为寄宿生数量少的原因在于该区域的人们对寄宿这种概念仍有一定程度的“顾虑”。

To a man, however, this is an alien concept because he only talks when he has a solution to offer.───实际上，这对男人完全是一种陌生的观念，因为男人只有在提供建议时才会开口。

I was 22 and had never spent a day in a classroom in my life; an alien concept for many people but common in Gypsy and Traveller families.───我那时22岁，从来没在教室里呆上过一天；对许多人来说，这是一个非常奇怪的观念，但对吉普赛和流浪者（Traveller）家庭来说却很普遍。

The idea of keeping appointments was an alien concept.