foreign
adj
ˈfɒrɪən
adj
1
from
or
relating
to
a
country
that
is
not
your
own
外国的，国外的
foreign
students
外国学生
Can
you
speak
any
foreign
languages?
你会讲外语吗？
the
success
of
foreign
companies
in
various
industries
外国公司在各行业的成功
I
thought
she
sounded
foreign.
我觉得她说话像外国人。
transactions
in
foreign
currencies
外汇买卖
2
involving
or
dealing
with
other
countries
对外的，涉外的，外事的，外交的;
only before noun 仅用于名词前
America’s
foreign
policy
美国的对外政策
foreign
investment/trade
etc
Foreign
competition
provides
consumers
with
a
greater
variety
of
goods.
来自国外的竞争为消费者提供了更丰富的商品。
our
budget
for
foreign
aid
(=financial
help
to
countries
in
need)
我们的对外援助预算
the
Chinese
Foreign
Minister
中国外交部长
3
be foreign to sb
a.
to
seem
strange
to
someone
as
the
result
of
not
being
known
or
understood
b.
to
be
not
typical
of
someone’s
usual
character
并非某人的本性
formal
The
language
of
finance
is
quite
foreign
to
me.
金融语言我相当不熟悉。
Aggression
is
completely
foreign
to
his
nature
.
争强好胜绝不是他的性格。
4
foreign body/matter/object
a
piece
of
dirt,
glass,
or
other
material
that
has
got
inside
something,
especially
someone’s
body,
and
that
should
not
be
there
[正式] 异物，外来物体
formal
cells
that
are
designed
to
attack
and
destroy
foreign
bodies
旨在攻击并摧毁异物的细胞