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foreign

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for·eign /ˈfɒrɪn $ ˈfɔː-, ˈfɑː-/ ●●● S3 W1 adjectiveadj
1  FOREIGNfrom or relating to a country that is not your own 外國的，國外的
foreign students
外國學生
Can you speak any foreign languages?
你會講外語嗎？
the success of foreign companies in various industries
外國公司在各行業的成功
I thought she sounded foreign.
我覺得她說話像外國人。
transactions in foreign currencies
外匯買賣
2  [only before noun]FOREIGN involving or dealing with other countries 對外的，涉外的，外事的，外交的 OPP domestic
America’s foreign policy
美國的對外政策
foreign investment/trade etc
Foreign competition provides consumers with a greater variety of goods.
來自國外的競爭爲消費者提供了更豐富的商品。
our budget for foreign aid (=financial help to countries in need)
我們的對外援助預算
the Chinese Foreign Minister
中國外交部長
3  be foreign to somebody formal
a) STRANGEto seem strange to someone as the result of not being known or understood 是某人不熟悉的 SYN be alien to somebody
The language of finance is quite foreign to me.
金融用語我相當生疏。
b) TYPICALto be not typical of someone’s usual character 並非某人的本性
Aggression is completely foreign to his nature.
爭強好勝絕不是他的本性。
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be foreign to somebody• Nothing in dance is foreign to human experience.• I knew the tune, but the words were foreign to me.• That is foreign to our culture.• What was being done was foreign to our other 10 players and it took them a while.• Andrew's reserved, night-club hesitation was foreign to the music, and quite foreign to Nicandra.• Starving people have frequently refused to eat food that is foreign to them, and horses will behave in the same way.• Law firm were law firms, and areas such as marketing and finance were foreign to them.
4  foreign body/matter/object formalDIFFERENT a piece of dirt, glass, or other material that has got inside something, especially someone’s body, and that should not be there 異物，外來物體
cells that are designed to attack and destroy foreign bodies
負責攻擊並摧毀異物的細胞
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foreign body/matter/object• Tell everyone to watch out for a foreign body?• The resulting pellets are termed Type 90 reflecting the high percentage of hop material present compared to water and foreign matters.• We describe two cases of accidental aspiration of a foreign body after use of a metered dose inhaler.• Lombardy was stopped and arrested on suspicion of rape by force; rape with a foreign object and false imprisonment.• Even for the last remaining superpower, domestic issues, not foreign matters, dominate national elections.• A group of prisoners was carefully picking foreign bodies from a mound of rice before cooking.• Make sure you remove all foreign matter from the wound.• Eyes inflamed from trauma or after foreign bodies have been removed.• Nothing but the thrill of seeing your name in print, alongside your gut-wrenching tale of finding foreign objects in your food.
—foreignness noun [uncountableU]
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foreign• The budget calls for cuts in foreign aid.• Toyota is the leading foreign car company.• The tour went through seven foreign countries in two weeks.• The reserves are composed of convertible foreign currencies, gold and International Monetary Fund special drawing rights.• International investment involves the added dimension of dealing in foreign currencies, providing the opportunity for additional profits.• Some of the hotels accept foreign currency.• efforts to increase foreign investment• "Journey of Hope" won the Oscar in 1991 for best foreign-language film.• The soldier threatens me in a foreign language, so that his precise meaning is lost but his hostility is coruscating.• There was no address, and the writing was in a foreign language.• Can you speak a foreign language?• America's foreign policy• The value of foreign trade fell by 8 percent.
foreign aid• It has not much increased funds for the military or for foreign aid.• The development of the continent is now dependent on foreign aid.• The elements which are essential in most conservation policies are often contradicted by the limitations and objectives of foreign aid.• The governments of developing countries construct huge projects through foreign aid and investment.• They could simply ship the necessary drugs to sick people in the poor world as part of their overall foreign aid effort.• Few foreign aid workers have dared to venture into Helmund province.• Five foreign aid workers were murdered and others came under fire.• The United Nations said it was considering evacuating foreign aid workers.
Origin foreign
(1200-1300) Old French forein, from Latin foris “outside”
for·eign adjectiveadj
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