Foreign
['fɒrɪn] or ['fɔrən]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); 'foreign trade'; 'a foreign office' .
伊万杰琳校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.
(a.) Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits.
(a.) Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature.
(a.) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
整理:拉尔夫
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Alien, outlandish, exotic, not native, not domestic, from abroad.[2]. Remote, not allied, not pertinent, not appropriate, not congenial, not connected, not belonging.[3]. Extraneous, extrinsic, adventitious.
整理:华莱士
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Strange, exotic, outlandish, alien, irrelevant, extraneous
ANT:Domestic, native, congenial, pertinent, germane
手打:特雷弗
解釋/意思:
adj. belonging to another country: from abroad: alien: not belonging to unconnected: not appropriate.—adj. For′eign-built built in a foreign country.—ns. For′eigner a native of another country; For′eignness the quality of being foreign: want of relation to something: remoteness.
手打:默文
例句/造句/用法:
- Being delivered into the charge of the ma?tresse, I was led through a long narrow passage into a foreign kitchen, very clean but very strange. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- At every court there were groups of ministers and secretaries who played a Machiavellian game against their foreign rivals. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The Chinese have little respect for foreign trade. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The foreign language, the limited time, the public display. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Foreign policy is the natural employment of courts and monarchies. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Foreign locality, likely. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Almost all countries exchange with one another, partly native and partly foreign goods. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The prohibition of the importation of foreign woollen is equally favourable to the woollen manufacturers. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Reetch,' remarked the foreign gentleman. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It's easier when you have it said and there is never any point in referring to a son of a bitch by some foreign term. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- It would appear, therefore, that it is principally foreign salt that is used in the fisheries. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The foreign gentleman found it very large. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The reaper is still used extensively, especially in foreign countries. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The Forty-Niners took revolvers to California, foreign governments sent orders for them, and armories were built in England and in Russia for their manufacture. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- That alone was enough to make Machiavelli, the father of modern foreign policy, turn in his grave. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- We cannot give our workmen a monopoly in the foreign, as we have done in the home market. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I should speak of foreign dancers, and the West End of London, and May Fair, and lords and ladies and honourables. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Mais oui,' said the foreign gentleman, turning towards him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It was a little particular of Providence,' said the foreign gentleman, laughing; 'for the frontier is not large. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I stayed but two months with my wife and family, for my insatiable desire of seeing foreign countries, would suffer me to continue no longer. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- The americans have no troublesome Neighbors, they are without foreign Possessions, and do not want the alliance of any Nation, for this Reason they have nothing to do with foreign Politics. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- If the treaty had reached, let us say, the French or Russian Foreign Office, you would expect to hear of it? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- I do so love foreign songs! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Typewriters for short hand characters, and for foreign languages, and for printing on record and blank books, are also among the modern developments of this art. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Some invincible repugnance to speak of such things to the strange foreign woman had checked the words on his lips. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The next morning Mr. Franklin had started for foreign parts. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- In the position of parts in the two figures the horizontal line, on which the foreign object lies, would be determined, but it would not indicate how deep in the object was, _i. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The foreign commerce of Portugal is of older standing than that of any great country in Europe, except Italy. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Oldenburg from Bremen acted as secretary (along with Wilkins) and carried on an extensive foreign correspondence. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- If the produce of domestic can be brought there as cheap as that of foreign industry, the regulation is evidently useless. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
手打:默文