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单词 foreign
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foreign

UK /ˈfɒrɪn/

DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1
    from another country, or in another country

    Working in a foreign country takes some getting used to.

    Do you speak any foreign languages?

    They’ve already had two foreign holidays this year.

    Synonyms and related words

    Foreign and foreignness
    1. 1a
      dealing with or relating to other countries

      foreign policy

      the part of the newspaper dealing with foreign affairs

      Synonyms and related words

      Foreign and foreignness
  2. 2
    not typical of something or someone and therefore not expected or familiar

    In some versions of free-market economics, the notion of public service is quite foreign.

    foreign to:

    She was in a state of deep depression that was totally foreign to her nature.

    Synonyms and related words

    Unusual in a strange way
  3. 3
    medicalnot forming a normal part of the body’s immune system

    the immune system’s response to foreign proteins

    Synonyms and related words

    Infection and fighting infection

foreign

US /ˈfɔrən/

DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1
    from another country, or in another country

    Working in a foreign country takes some getting used to.

    Do you speak any foreign languages?

    They’ve already had two foreign vacations this year.

    Synonyms and related words

    Foreign and foreignness
    1. 1a
      dealing with or relating to other countries

      foreign policy

      the part of the newspaper dealing with foreign affairs

      Synonyms and related words

      Foreign and foreignness
  2. 2
    not typical of something or someone and therefore not expected or familiar

    In some versions of free-market economics, the notion of public service is quite foreign.

    foreign to:

    She was in a state of deep depression that was totally foreign to her nature.

    Synonyms and related words

    Unusual in a strange way
  3. 3
    medicalnot forming a normal part of the body’s immune system

    the immune system’s response to foreign proteins

    Synonyms and related words

    Infection and fighting infection
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