| 单词 | foreign |
| 释义 | foreign (once / 44 pages) adj 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. 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. WORD FAMILYforeign: foreigner, foreignest, foreignly, foreignness+/foreigner: foreigners USAGE EXAMPLESRichard Nixon, so sure-footed in foreign policy, was forced to resign. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Any product with more than 8 percent foreign meat must say where the animal was born, raised and butchered. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Elsewhere, though, data-localisation polices are meant to protect citizens from snooping by foreign powers. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) 1adj 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 Syn alien extrinsic not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside 2adj not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source foreign particles in milk Syn extraneous adulterant, adulterating making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials 3adj 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 Syn|Ant strange adventive not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized alien, exoticbeing or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world nonnativeof plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing established, naturalizedintroduced from another region and persisting without cultivation foreign-born, nonnativeof persons born in another area or country than that lived in importedused of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source tramontanebeing or coming from another country unnaturalised, unnaturalizednot having acquired citizenship native characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenousoriginating where it is found domesticproduced in a particular country homegrowngrown or originating in a particular place native-bornbelonging to a place by birth 4adj of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) foreign trade a foreign office Syn|Ant abroad, overseas in a foreign country external, international, outsidefrom or between other countries internationalconcerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations domestic of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation home, interior, internal, nationalinside the country municipalof or relating to the government of a municipality nationallimited to or in the interests of a particular nation |
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