foreign
adjective uk/ˈfɒr.ən/ us/ˈfɔːr.ən/
A2 外国的
belonging or connected to a country that is not your own
Spain was the first foreign country she had visited. 西班牙是她访问过的第一个海外国家。
foreign languages 外语
His work provided him with the opportunity for a lot of foreign travel. 他的工作给他提供了很多出国旅行的机会。
foreign to formalC2 对…来说是陌生的
Something can be described as foreign to a particular person if they do not know about it or it is not within their experience.
The whole concept of democracy, she claimed, was utterly foreign to the present government. 她声称，民主这一整套概念对于现任政府来说是极其陌生的。
The very idea of using something again instead of throwing it away is completely foreign to them.
The disrespectful way he spoke about his parents was utterly foreign to us.
What is hard to understand is that the whole concept of social welfare is foreign to them.
These conventions are entirely foreign to us.
异质的；外来的
A foreign object or substance has entered something else, possibly by accident, and does not belong there.
a foreign object/substance 异物
foreign matter 异质
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- As a leader, he's been criticized for his inexperience in foreign affairs.
- He is trying to persuade local and foreign businesses to invest in the project.
- The government wanted an inflow of foreign investment.
- The foreign invaders were finally defeated by allied forces.
- My grandfather has a profound mistrust of anything new or foreign.