foreign
英 ['fɒrɪn]
美['fɔrən]
- adj. 外国的；外交的；异质的；不相关的
英英释意
- 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"