foreign
adjective OPAL S
/ˈfɒrən/
/ˈfɔːrən/
外国的 - What foreign languages do you speak?
你会说哪几种外语? - It can be a challenge at first living in a foreign country.
在国外生活最初可能是一个挑战。 - I went to the bank to get some foreign currency.
我去银行取了一些外币。 - a foreign-owned company
外资公司 - foreign holidays
外国假日 - He spoke with a foreign accent.
他说话带有外国口音。 - You could tell she was foreign by the way she dressed.
从她的穿着就可以看出她是外国人。
Topics Holidaysa2- The name sounded foreign.
听起来像个外国名字。 - She had no money and was alone in a foreign country.
她没有钱,独自一人在国外。 - The cinema often shows foreign films.
电影院经常放映外国电影。 - The collection of plants includes many native and foreign species.
这些植物包括许多本地和外来物种。 - There were very few foreign cars on the roads in those days.
那时路上很少有外国汽车。 - Tourism is the country's biggest foreign currency earner.
旅游业是这个国家赚取外汇最多的行业。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- sound
- …
- slightly
- distinctly
- What foreign languages do you speak?
涉外的;外交的 - This is a huge departure for the country's foreign policy.
这是该国外交政策的重大背离。 - The country relies heavily on foreign aid.
这个国家严重依赖外援。 - The area is trying to attract foreign investment.
该地区正在努力吸引外国投资。 - Iran's foreign ministry
伊朗外交部 - the Japanese foreign minister
日本外相 - a foreign correspondent (= one who reports on foreign countries in newspapers or on television)
驻外记者
Topics Politicsa2- The new president had no experience of foreign affairs.
新总统没有外交经验。 - There have been changes in both domestic and foreign policy.
国内外政策都发生了变化。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- sound
- …
- slightly
- distinctly
- This is a huge departure for the country's foreign policy.
- foreign to somebody/something (formal) not typical of somebody/something; not known to somebody/something and therefore seeming strange
非典型的;陌生的 - Dishonesty is foreign to his nature.
弄虚作假并非他的本性。 - This kind of attitude is completely foreign to her.
这样的态度与她的性格完全不相符。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- seem
- …
- very
- completely
- entirely
- …
- Dishonesty is foreign to his nature.
- foreign object/body (formal) an object that has entered something by accident and should not be there
异物;异体 - Tears help to protect the eye from potentially harmful foreign bodies.
眼泪有助于保护眼睛去除可能有害的异物。
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- Tears help to protect the eye from potentially harmful foreign bodies.
词源Middle English foren, forein, from Old French forein, forain, based on Latin foras, foris ‘outside’, from fores ‘door’. The current spelling arose in the 16th cent., by association with sovereign.