英语词汇“foreign”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

foreign

释义

Adjective: foreign forun [N. Amer], fórin [Brit]

Of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
"foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
"foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
- strange
Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
"the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
- alien
Not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
"foreign particles in milk"
- extraneous

See also: abroad, adulterant, adulterating, adventive, alien, curiousness, established, exotic, external, extrinsic, foreign-born, foreignness, imported, international, naturalised [Brit], naturalized, nonnative, outside, overseas, strangeness, tramontane, unfamiliarity, unnaturalised [Brit], unnaturalized

Antonym: domestic, native

Encyclopedia: Foreign

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