The adjective 'foreign' has multiple meanings including 'from or relating to a country that is not your own,' 'dealing with other countries,' 'not typical,' and 'alien,' depending on the context.
[ADJ 形容词]外国的;来自国外的 Something or someone that is foreign comes from or relates to a country that is not your own.
...in Frankfurt, where a quarter of the population is foreign...
在有四分之一的人口是外来移民的法兰克福
She was on her first foreign holiday without her parents.
她第一次在没有父母陪伴的情况下自己去国外度假。
...a foreign language...
一门外语
It is the largest ever private foreign investment in the Bolivian mining sector.
这是玻利维亚矿业史上最大的一次来自国外的私人投资。
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[ADJ 形容词]外交的;外国的;对外的 In politics and journalism, foreign is used to describe people, jobs, and activities relating to countries that are not the country of the person or government concerned.
[ADJ n]
...the German foreign minister...
德国外交部长
I am the foreign correspondent in Washington of La Tribuna newspaper of Honduras.
我是洪都拉斯《论坛报》驻华盛顿的记者。
...the effects of US foreign policy in the 'free world'.
美国对外政策在“自由世界”的影响
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[ADJ 形容词]异质的;外来的 A foreign object is something that has got into something else, usually by accident, and should not be there.
[usu ADJ n]
[FORMAL 正式]
The patient's immune system would reject the transplanted organ as a foreign object.
病人的免疫系统会对移植器官产生异质排斥反应。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]陌生的;不熟悉的;非典型的 Something that is foreignto a particular person or thing is not typical of them or is unknown to them.
[usu v-link ADJ to n]
The very notion of price competition is foreign to many schools...
价格竞争这个概念对于许多学校都很陌生。
The whole thing is foreign to us.
我们对整件事不了解。
Oxford
for·eign★/ˈfɒrən; NAmEˈfɔːrən;ˈfɑːrən/adjective1★in or from a country that is not your own 外国的◆a foreign accent/language/student外国口音╱语言╱学生◆a foreign-owned company外资公司◆foreign holidays外国假日◆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。2★[only before noun ]dealing with or involving other countries 涉外的;外交的◆foreign affairs/news/policy/trade外交事务;外国新闻;对外政策╱贸易◆foreign aid外援◆a foreign correspondent(= one who reports on foreign countries in newspapers or on television)驻外记者OPP
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3foreignto sb/sth ( formal) not typical of sb/sth; not known to sb/sth 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。4~ object/body( formal) an object that has entered sth 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。for·eign/ˈfɒrən; NAmEˈfɔːrən;ˈfɑːrən/
1from or relating to a country that is not your own: foreign students Can you speak any foreign languages? the success of foreign companies in various industries I thought she sounded foreign. transactions in foreign currencies2[only before noun] involving or dealing with other countriesOPP domestic: America’s foreign policyforeign investment/trade etc Foreign competition provides consumers with a greater variety of goods. our budget for foreign aid (=financial help to countries in need) the Chinese Foreign Minister3be foreign to somebody formala)to seem strange to someone as the result of not being known or understoodSYN be alien to somebody: The language of finance is quite foreign to me.b)to be not typical of someone’s usual character: Aggression is completely foreign to his nature.4foreign body/matter/object formal a piece of dirt, glass, or other material that has got inside something, especially someone’s body, and that should not be there: cells that are designed to attack and destroy foreign bodies—foreignness noun [uncountable]
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外国的(40%),外来的(33%),异质的(24%),不相符的(3%)
adj.外国的;外交的;异质的;不相关的
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