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foreign

/fawr-in, for-/US // ˈfɔr ɪn, ˈfɒr- //UK // (ˈfɒrɪn) //

外国,外国的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or derived from another country or nation; not native: foreign cars.
    • : of or relating to contact or dealings with other countries; connected with foreign affairs.
    • : external to one's own country or nation: a foreign country.
    • : carried on abroad, or with other countries: foreign trade.
    • : belonging to or coming from another district, province, etc.
    • : located outside a specific district, province, etc.
    • : Law. of or relating to law outside of local jurisdiction.of or relating to another jurisdiction, as of another nation or state.
    • : belonging to or proceeding from other persons or things: a statement supported by foreign testimony.
    • : not belonging to the place or body where found: foreign matter in a chemical mixture.
    • : not related to or connected with the thing under consideration: foreign to our discussion.
    • : alien in character; irrelevant or inappropriate; remote.
    • : strange or unfamiliar.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.from another country, experience
Synonyms
alien外星人,外国人,异形,外星different不同的,不同,不一样的,不同于external外部,外部的,外部因素,外部环境offshore近海,离岸,境外,离岸的overseas海外,海外的unfamiliar不熟悉的,陌生的,不熟悉,不熟悉的人strange奇怪,奇怪的,陌生的,陌生adopted采用,采用的,采用了,通过了alienated疏离的,疏远,疏远的,疏离antipodal反方向,反方向性,反义词,反方向的barbarian野蛮人,蛮夷,蛮子,蛮族barbaric野蛮的,野蛮,野蛮人,野蛮生长borrowed借来的,借用的,被借走的,借用了的derived衍生出的,衍生出来的,衍生的,得出的distant遥远的,悠远的,遥遥无期,遥远的距离estranged疏远的,疏离的,疏远,疏离exiled流亡,流亡的,流放,被流放exotic奇特的,异国情调,奇异的,奇特expatriate外籍人士,客居国外者,移民,外籍人员extralocal本地以外,本地外,地方外的,地方外extraneous外来的,外在的,外来的东西,外来人员extrinsic外在的,外在因素,外在,外在性far远,遥远的,遥远,远的far-fetched牵强附会,遥不可及,遥不可及的,遥遥无期far-off遥远的,不远的,不远处的,不远处faraway遥远的,远方,遥远的地方,远方的人from abroad来自国外的,来自国外,从国外,来自海外的immigrant移民,移民者,移徙者,入境imported进口,进口的,进口产品,入口的inaccessible难于接近,难于接近的,难以到达的,难于上青天nonnative非土著人,非原住民,非本地人,非母语nonresident非居民,非居民户口,非居民户口的人,非居民的not domestic非国内,非本国,不是国内,非家庭not native非本地人,不是本地人,非本土,非原住民outlandish怪异的,荒唐,怪异,荒唐的outside外界,外边,外来的,外边的remote远程,遥远的,遥控,遥远transoceanic越洋,跨洋,越洋的,跨洋的unaccustomed不习惯,不习惯的,不习以为常,不适应unexplored未开发的,未探索过的,未探索的,未开发unknown未知,不详,未知数,未知的

Examples

  • In the past, foreign policy differences between the parties were often at the margins.

  • The boost in admissions is partly down to the continued enthusiasm of foreign students for studying in the United Kingdom.

  • It has taken a long time for biology and medicine to arrive at the idea that significant portions of an individual’s own body are foreign to it.

  • The contracts can be so strict that if enforced they could prevent an employee from, for example, trading equities or foreign exchange for the rest of their careers.

  • Aside from Major League Soccer and the National Hockey League, no other major sport has a higher foreign player participation rate, say experts.

  • Cambodia, with its seemingly free press, is also a haven for foreign journalists.

  • What they believe impacts economic policy, foreign policy, education policy, environmental policy, you name it.

  • Huckabee is also not burdened by, or beholden to, foreign investors.

  • What if there were a legal dispute between the foreign investor and his or her Egyptian partners or collaborators?

  • But I had won the British Award, Best Foreign Actor, so I went.

  • It is a lofty and richly-decorated pile of the fourteenth century; and tells of the labours and the wealth of a foreign land.

  • The lack of bill buyers in foreign countries who will quote as low rates on dollar as on sterling bills.

  • I found that I still felt the lure of foreign countries, and the less explored or inhabited, the better.

  • There are very few foreign journals taken or read in the Roman States.

  • Migration to distant occupations or to foreign lands was but for the adventurous few.