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in or from a country that is not your own 外国的 What foreign languages do you speak? 你会说哪几种外语？ It can be a challenge at first living in a foreign country. 在国外生活最初可能是一个挑战。 I went to the bank to get some foreign currency. 我去银行取了一些外币。 a foreign-owned company 外资公司 foreign holidays 外国假日 He spoke with a foreign accent. 他说话带有外国口音。 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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysa2The name sounded foreign. 听起来像个外国名字。 She had no money and was alone in a foreign country. 她没有钱，独自一人在国外。 The cinema often shows foreign films. 电影院经常放映外国电影。 The collection of plants includes many native and foreign species. 这些植物包括许多本地和外来物种。 There were very few foreign cars on the roads in those days. 那时路上很少有外国汽车。 Tourism is the country's biggest foreign currency earner. 旅游业是这个国家赚取外汇最多的行业。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- sound
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- slightly
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dealing with or involving other countries 涉外的；外交的 This is a huge departure for the country's foreign policy. 这是该国外交政策的重大背离。 The country relies heavily on foreign aid. 这个国家严重依赖外援。 The area is trying to attract foreign investment. 该地区正在努力吸引外国投资。 Iran's foreign ministry 伊朗外交部 the Japanese foreign minister 日本外相 a foreign correspondent (= one who reports on foreign countries in newspapers or on television) 驻外记者
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsa2The new president had no experience of foreign affairs. 新总统没有外交经验。 There have been changes in both domestic and foreign policy. 国内外政策都发生了变化。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- sound
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- slightly
- distinctly
- foreign to somebody/something (formal)
not typical of somebody/something; not known to somebody/something and therefore seeming strange 非典型的；陌生的 Dishonesty is foreign to his nature. 弄虚作假并非他的本性。 This kind of attitude is completely foreign to her. 这样的态度与她的性格完全不相符。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- seem
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- very
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- foreign object/body (formal)
an object that has entered something by accident and should not be there 异物；异体 More Like This Silent lettersSilent letters
Word OriginMiddle English foren, forein, from Old French forein, forain, based on Latin foras, foris ‘outside’, from fores ‘door’. The current spelling arose in the 16th cent., by association with sovereign.