英汉词典

foreign 基本解释

• adj. 外国的；外交的；异质的；不相关的

foreign 中文词源

来自拉丁语foris, 门外，在外面，词源同door. 拼写受reign, sovereign等影响。后用于指陌生人，外面人。

foreign 英文词源

foreign

foreign: [13] Etymologically, foreign means ‘out of doors’. It comes via Old French forein from Vulgar Latin *forānus, a derivative of Latin forās ‘out of doors, abroad’. This originated as the accusative plural of *fora, an unrecorded variant form of forēs ‘door’ (to which English door is related). The literal sense ‘outdoor’ survived into Middle English (the chambre forene mentioned by Robert of Gloucester in his Chronicle 1297, for instance, was an ‘outside loo’), but by the early 15th century the metaphorical ‘of other countries, abroad’ had more or less elbowed it aside.
=> door, forest, forfeit

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-, from root *dhwer- "door, doorway" (see door).

English spelling altered 17c., perhaps by influence of reign, sovereign. Sense of "alien to one's nature, not connected with, extraneous" attested late 14c. Meaning "pertaining to another country" (as in foreign policy) is from 1610s. Replaced native fremd. Related: Foreignness.

foreign 英文释义

1. of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own);

"foreign trade"

"a foreign office"

2. 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"

3. not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something;

"an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"

"the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"

"jealousy is foreign to her nature"

4. not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source;

"water free of extraneous matter"

"foreign particles in milk"

foreign 双语例句

1. The Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money.

瑞士人想要阻止外资流入。

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2. He put the case to the Saudi Foreign Minister.

他把这起事件向沙特外长作了说明。

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3. The Foreign Office in London has expressed surprise at these allegations.

位于伦敦的英国外交部对这些说法表示惊讶.

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4. The constitution prohibits them from military engagement on foreign soil.

宪法禁止他们在外国采取军事行动。

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5. Responsibility and moderation were to be the keynotes of their foreign policy.

责任和克制将是他们外交政策的核心。

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foreign 实用场景例句

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。

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Dishonesty is foreign to his nature.

弄虚作假并非他的本性。

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a foreign correspondent (= one who reports on foreign countries in newspapers or on television)

驻外记者

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foreign holidays

外国假日

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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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foreign affairs/news/policy/trade

外交事务；外国新闻；对外政策 / 贸易

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foreign aid

外援

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a foreign-owned company

外资公司

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a foreign accent/language/student

外国口音 / 语言 / 学生

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...the German foreign minister...

德国外交部长

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I am the foreign correspondent in Washington of La Tribuna newspaper of Honduras.

我是洪都拉斯《论坛报》驻华盛顿的记者。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The patient's immune system would reject the transplanted organ as a foreign object.

病人的免疫系统会对移植器官产生异质排斥反应。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The very notion of price competition is foreign to many schools...

价格竞争这个概念对于许多学校都很陌生。

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The whole thing is foreign to us.

我们对整件事不了解。

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She was on her first foreign holiday without her parents.

她第一次在没有父母陪伴的情况下自己去国外度假。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...in Frankfurt, where a quarter of the population is foreign...

在有四分之一的人口是外来移民的法兰克福

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I'm not satisfied with his circular explanation.

我不满意他拐弯抹角的解释.

辞典例句

A foreign language cannot be learned rapidly, it must be learned step by step.

外语并非在短时间内就能学会, 学外语是一个循序渐进的过程.

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She has mastered a foreign language by aid of a grammar and dictionary.

她借助语法书和词典掌握了一门外语.

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The library contains a large number of foreign language reference books.

图书馆有大量的外文参考书.

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This country adopts a liberal foreign policy.

该国采用的是开放的外交政策.

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Where can I exchange my American money for foreign money?

我在哪儿可以把美元兑换成外币?

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China needs to assimilate a good deal of foreign progressive culture, but she must not swallow anything and everything uncritically.

中国需要大量吸收外国的进步文化, 但决不能无批判地兼收并蓄.

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It's no good taking over the experience of foreign countries uncritically.

决不可生吞活剥地搬用外国的经验.

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