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for.eignH5fBr7En, $5fC:r-adj [not gradable]belonging or connected to a country which is not your own外国的，在本国以外的Spain was the first foreign country she had visited.西班牙是她海外到过的第一个国家。I wish I had learned more foreign languages at school.我真希望在校读书时多学会几门外语。His work provided him with the opportunity for a lot of foreign travel.他的工作给了他很多机会到国外旅行。She's a former foreign correspondent for the Financial Times newspaper.她以前是《金融时报》驻海外记者。(literary) Something can be described as foreign to a particular person if it is unknown to them or not within their experience.陌生的，未经历过的The whole concept, she claimed, was utterly foreign to the present government.她声称整个概念对现政府而言都非常地陌生。An object or substance which has entered something else, possibly by accident, and does not belong there is sometimes described as foreign.外来的，异质的a foreign object / substance一个异体/物foreign matter外来物质At the hospital they cleaned the cut thoroughly to stop any foreign bodies from getting into my arm.在医院里他们彻底地清洗伤口，防止任何异物侵入我的手臂。Foreign affairs are matters that are connected with other countries.对外事务，外交事务the minister of foreign affairs外交部长Foreign aid is the help that is given by esp. a richer country to esp. a poorer one, usually in the form of money.外援Foreign exchange is the system by which the type of money used in one country is exchanged for another country's money, making international trade easier.国际汇兑;外汇On the foreign-exchange markets the pound remained firm.在外汇市场，英镑仍然坚挺。In Britain, the Foreign Office is the department of the government which deals with Britain's connections with other countries.英国外交部(literary) Foreign soil is another country.外国He spent 30 years in exile on foreign soil.他流亡国外30年。I was 28 the first time my feet touched foreign soil.我第一次踏上外国的土地时是28岁。
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