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词汇 foreign
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foreign

adjective
 OPAL S
/ˈfɒrən/
/ˈfɔːrən/
  1.  
    in or from a country that is not your own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。
    • 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。
    Topics Holidaysa2
    Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • sound
    adverb
    • slightly
    • distinctly
  2.  
    [only before noun] dealing with or involving other countries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
    opposite domestic, home
    • 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。
    Topics Politicsa2
    Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • sound
    adverb
    • slightly
    • distinctly
  3. 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
    adverb
    • very
    • completely
    • entirely
  4. 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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  5. 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.
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