| 释义 |
foreign/ˈfɒr(ə)n/adj. 1 of or from or situated in or characteristic of a country or a language other than one's own 外国的；来自外国的；在外国的；有外国特色的 2 dealing with other countries 涉外的，对外的 foreign service 对外服务 3 of another district, society, etc. 外地的；另一社会团体的 4 (often foll. by 常后跟 to) unfamiliar, strange, uncharacteristic 不熟悉的，陌生的；不是本身所固有的 his behaviour is foreign to me 他的行为我很陌生 5 coming or introduced from outside 外来的；异质的 foreign matter in the mechanism 机制中的外来物质 □ foreignness /ˈfɒr(ə)nnis/ n.[Middle English from Old French forein, forain, ultimately from Latin foras, -is ‘outside’: for -g- cf. sovereign] |