foreign

[英] [ˈfɔrin] [美] [ˈfɔrɪn, ˈfɑr-] 生词本

adj.

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1. ADJ 外国的;来自国外的 Something or someone that is foreign comes from or relates to a country that is not your own. 
  • ...in Frankfurt, where a quarter of the population is foreign...

    在有四分之一的人口是外来移民的法兰克福

  • She was on her first foreign holiday without her parents.

    她第一次在没有父母陪伴的情况下自己去国外度假。

  • ...a foreign language...

    一门外语

2. ADJ 外交的;外国的;对外的 In politics and journalism, foreign is used to describe people, jobs, and activities relating to countries that are not the country of the person or government concerned. 
  • ...the German foreign minister...

    德国外交部长

  • I am the foreign correspondent in Washington of La Tribuna newspaper of Honduras.

    我是洪都拉斯《论坛报》驻华盛顿的记者。

  • ...the effects of US foreign policy in the 'free world'.

    美国对外政策在“自由世界”的影响

3. ADJ 异质的;外来的 A foreign object is something that has got into something else, usually by accident, and should not be there. 
  • The patient's immune system would reject the transplanted organ as a foreign object.

    病人的免疫系统会对移植器官产生异质排斥反应。

4. ADJ-GRADED 陌生的;不熟悉的;非典型的 Something that is foreignto a particular person or thing is not typical of them or is unknown to them. 
  • The very notion of price competition is foreign to many schools...

    价格竞争这个概念对于许多学校都很陌生。

  • The whole thing is foreign to us.

    我们对整件事不了解。

Adjective

1. of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own);

  • "foreign trade"
  • "a foreign office"

2. relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world;

  • "foreign nations"
  • "a foreign accent"
  • "on business in a foreign city"

3. not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something;

  • "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"
  • "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"
  • "jealousy is foreign to her nature"

4. not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source;

  • "water free of extraneous matter"
  • "foreign particles in milk"

医学

  • 1.外来的,异质的:免疫学,指不被认为是“自身”,且能引起免疫反应的物质
1. To learn from foreign countries is entirely different from worshipping everything foreign.
学习外国与崇洋媚外完全是两回事。

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2. A British businessman who can speak a foreign language is still something of a novelty.
能说某种外语的英国商人仍算是新奇人物。

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3. A foreign guest is giving a lecture in English this afternoon.
一位外宾今天下午要来作英语演讲。

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4. A foreign language cannot be learned rapidly,it must be learned step by step.
外语并非在短时间内就能学会,学外语是一个循序渐进的过程。

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5. After the outbreak of fighting,all foreign journalists were expelled.
战斗开始后,所有的外国记者都被驱逐出境。

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6. And when will you make your fortune and build a foreign-style house?
你什么时候发财也盖上洋房呢?

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7. As the guide was showing us round the museum, two or three foreign tourists joined themselves on to our party.
导游领着我们参观博物馆时,有两三个外国游客也加入了我们的行列。

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8. At the banquet all the foreign guests wore evening dress.
宴会上所有的外宾都穿着晚礼服。

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9. British industry was sheltered from foreign competition by protective tariffs.
保护性关税使英国工业免受国际竞争影响。

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10. China needs to assimilate a good deal of foreign progressive culture, but she must not swallow anything and everything uncritically.
中国需要大量吸收外国的进步文化,但决不能无批判地兼收并蓄。

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11. Connect me with the Foreign Languages Department, please.
请给我接外语系。

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12. Don't interpret it without real understanding when you study a foreign language.
学习外国语切莫望文生义。

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13. English spelling presents special difficulties for foreign learners.
对外国学生来讲,英语拼写特别困难。

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14. For more than one minute our foreign guests remained standing still gaping at this wonder of the world -- the Great Wall.
外宾们站着不动约莫有一分多钟之久,张口凝视着这个世界奇迹 --长城。

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15. Foreign archaeologists are arriving one after another.
外国的考古学者们联翩而至。

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16. Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative.
外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。

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17. Foreign businessmen had misgivings about investment here.
外国企业家对在这里投资有顾虑。

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18. Foreign countries have a different way of life from ours.
外国的生活方式和我们的不同。

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19. Foreign currency depreciation is a result of economic depression in the country concerned.
外汇贬值是有关国家经济不景气的结果。

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20. Foreign governments have been consulted about this decision.
这一决定曾征询过外国政府的意见。

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