- 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.
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- adj. 外国的；陌生的
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1. a foreign accent, a foreign language, a foreign student
外国口音╱语言╱学生
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2. a foreign-owned company
外资公司
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3. foreign holidays
外国假日
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4. 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。
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5. foreign affairs, foreign news, foreign policy, foreign trade
外交事务；外国新闻；对外政策╱贸易
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6. foreign aid
外援
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7. Dishonesty is foreign to his nature.
弄虚作假并非他的本性。
- foreign (adj.) c. 1300, ferren, foran, foreyne, in reference to places, "outside the boundaries of a country;" of persons, "born in another country," from Old French forain "strange, foreign; outer, external, outdoor; remote, out-of-the-way" (12c.), from Medieval Latin foraneus "on the outside, exterior," from Latin foris (adv.) "outside," literally "out of doors," related to foris "a door," from PIE *dhwor-ans-, suffixed form of root *dhwer- "door, doorway."
for·eign ★ / ˈfɒrən ; NAmE ˈfɔːrən ; ˈfɑːrən / adjective 1 ★ 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 domestic , home 3 foreignto 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 ; NAmE ˈfɔːrən ; ˈfɑːrən /
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