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foreign adj.外来的；外国的；异质的；不相符的 (1) 近年来我们的对外贸易有所增加。(2) 结果,我们吸引了大量的外来投资。(3) 掌握一门外语并不容易。(4) 他访问过许多国家，并学会了好几种外语。(5) 她的手指肿胀是手指内有异物引起的。(6) 她是个很好的人,冷酷不是她的本性。 The adjective foreign is based on the Latin word foris, meaning “outside.” A foreign exchange student goes outside of his or her country to study. When you learn a foreign language, it is outside of the one you first learned. If you sleep late on the weekends, someone might say, "Getting up early on Saturdays is a foreign concept to you." This means it's outside of your experience and knowledge.

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英 ['fɒrən] 美 ['fɔːrən] (1) Our foreign trade has expanded during recent years.(2) As a result, we were able to attract a lot of foreign investment.(3) It's not easy to master a foreign language.(4) He's visited many foreign countries and has learnt several foreign languages.(5) The swelling on her finger was caused by a foreign body in it.(6) She's a very good woman; unkindness is foreign to her nature. If it has to do with other countries or their people, it is foreign, like a French movie receiving a British award for Best Foreign Film. 1[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。2[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3[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。4[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 foreign to 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。

英语单词	foreign
英美音标	英 ['fɒrən] 美 ['fɔːrən]
中文释义	adj.外来的；外国的；异质的；不相符的
英语例句	(1) Our foreign trade has expanded during recent years. (2) As a result, we were able to attract a lot of foreign investment. (3) It's not easy to master a foreign language. (4) He's visited many foreign countries and has learnt several foreign languages. (5) The swelling on her finger was caused by a foreign body in it. (6) She's a very good woman; unkindness is foreign to her nature.
中文例句	(1) 近年来我们的对外贸易有所增加。 (2) 结果,我们吸引了大量的外来投资。 (3) 掌握一门外语并不容易。 (4) 他访问过许多国家，并学会了好几种外语。 (5) 她的手指肿胀是手指内有异物引起的。 (6) 她是个很好的人,冷酷不是她的本性。
vocabulary简明	If it has to do with other countries or their people, it is foreign, like a French movie receiving a British award for Best Foreign Film.
vocabulary扩展	The adjective foreign is based on the Latin word foris, meaning “outside.” A foreign exchange student goes outside of his or her country to study. When you learn a foreign language, it is outside of the one you first learned. If you sleep late on the weekends, someone might say, "Getting up early on Saturdays is a foreign concept to you." This means it's outside of your experience and knowledge.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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 3 [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。 4 [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 foreign to 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。

Foreign Countries Adj 形容词 N People [Usu Thing