1. | 外国的in or from a country that is not your own |
a foreign accent/language/student 外国口音╱语言╱学生 | |
a foreign-owned company 外资公司 | |
foreign holidays 外国假日 | |
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。 |
2. | [obn] 涉外的；外交的dealing with or involving other countries |
foreign affairs/news/policy/trade 外交事务；外国新闻；对外政策╱贸易 | |
foreign aid 外援 | |
a foreign correspondent(= one who reports on foreign countries in newspapers or on television) 驻外记者 |
3. | ~ to sb/sth 非典型的；陌生的not typical of sb/sth; not known to sb/sth and therefore seeming strange |
Dishonesty is foreign to his nature. 弄虚作假并非他的本性。 |
4. | ~ object/body 异物；异体an object that has entered sth by accident and should not be there |
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。 |
