foreign

A2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #1909 ★★☆☆☆

a. 外国的, 外交的, 外省的, 外来的, 不相关的 [机] 外来的

发音

UK /ˈfɒɹɪn/
UK /ˈfɒɹən/
US /ˈfɔɹɪn/
US /ˈfɔɹən/
US /ˈfɑɹɪn/
其它 /ˈfɑɹɪn/
AU /ˈfɔɹən/
IN /ˈfɔrɪn/
/ˈfɑrɪn/
IN /-ɛ(j)n/

词形变化

foreigns 复数 foreigns more foreign 比较级 most foreign 最高级

别名

forane forraine forein forraign forreign forreigne forren furrin

教材释义与例句

形容词

外国的；外交的；异质的；不相关的

from or relating to a country that is not your own

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

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A foreign person

    A foreigner: a person from another country.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    A foreign person

    An outsider: a person from another place or group.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    A foreign person

    A non-guildmember.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    A foreign vehicle

    A foreign ship.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    A foreign vehicle

    A foreign whip, a car produced abroad.

    俚语
  6. 6.

    An outhouse; an outdoor toilet.

    废旧
  7. 7.

    A foreign area

    An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits.

    方言
  8. 8.

    A foreign area

    An area of a monastery outside its legal limits or serving as an outer court.

    废旧
  9. 9.

    Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.

adj. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

    外国的

    外来的

    foreign markets; foreign soil

    He liked visiting foreign cities.

  2. 2.

    Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.

    外国的

    foreign car; foreign word; foreign citizen; foreign trade

    There are many more foreign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started.

  3. 3.

    Relating to a different nation.

    foreign policy; foreign navies

  4. 4.

    Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.

    foreign body; foreign substance; foreign gene; foreign species

  5. 5.

    Alien; strange; uncharacteristic.

    It was completely foreign to their way of thinking.

  6. 6.

    Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.

    废旧
  7. 7.

    From a different legal jurisdiction (state, province), even if within the same country.

    加拿大 美国 法律
  8. 8.

    Belonging to a different organization, company etc.

    My bank charges me $2.50 every time I use a foreign ATM.

  9. 9.

    Outside, outdoors, outdoor.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

strange alien extraneous

反义词 2

native domestic

近义相关 10

outside alien international abroad established exotic overseas external extrinsic non-native

参见 2

international unfamiliar

相关短语

foreign exchange 国际汇兑, 外汇 [经] 外汇, 国外汇兑 Foreign Office (英国)外交部 foreign debt [经] 外债 foreign tongue foreign affairs (foreign-affair 的复数) 外交事务 foreign policy 外交政策 [法] 对外政策, 外交政策 foreign language n. 外文，外语; 外国语 foreign currency [经] 外币, 外国通货 foreign minister [经] 外交部长 foreign ministers foreign key [计] 外来关键字 foreign exchange market [经] 外汇市场 foreign country 异国 foreign languages

词源

From Middle English foreyn, forein, from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *forānus (“outsider, outlander”), from Latin forās (“outside, outdoors”) or forīs (“outside, outdoors”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ (“foreign”) and now-dialectal English fremd, from Old English fremde (“strange, foreign”). The silent -g- added perhaps by analogy with reign (compare also sovereign which was similarly altered).

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