foreign 音标拼音: [f'ɔrən] [f'ɑrən]
n . 外国的;无关的,不相干的;外来的,异质的
外国的;无关的,不相干的;外来的,异质的
foreign 外来 外部
foreign adj 1 :
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (
other than your own ); "
foreign trade "; "
a foreign office " [
ant : {
domestic }]
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 " [
synonym : {
foreign },
{
strange }] [
ant : {
native }]
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 " [
synonym : {
alien },
{
foreign }]
4 :
not belonging to that in which it is contained ;
introduced from an outside source ; "
water free of extraneous matter ";
"
foreign particles in milk " [
synonym : {
extraneous }, {
foreign }]
Foreign \
For "
eign \,
a . [
OE .
forein ,
F .
forain ,
LL .
foraneus ,
fr .
L .
foras ,
foris ,
out of doors ,
abroad ,
without ;
akin to fores doors ,
and E .
door .
See {
Door },
and cf . {
Foreclose },
{
Forfeit }, {
Forest }, {
Forum }.]
1 .
Outside ;
extraneous ;
separated ;
alien ;
as ,
a foreign country ;
a foreign government . "
Foreign worlds ." --
Milton .
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2 .
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 .
"
Domestic and foreign writers ." --
Atterbury .
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Hail ,
foreign wonder !
Whom certain these rough shades did never breed .
--
Milton .
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3 .
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 .
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This design is not foreign from some people '
s thoughts . --
Swift .
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4 .
Held at a distance ;
excluded ;
exiled . [
Obs .]
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Kept him a foreign man still ;
which so grieved him ,
That he ran mad and died . --
Shak .
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{
Foreign attachment } (
Law ),
a process by which the property of a foreign or absent debtor is attached for the satisfaction of a debt due from him to the plaintiff ;
an attachment of the goods ,
effects ,
or credits of a debtor in the hands of a third person ; --
called in some States trustee ,
in others factorizing ,
and in others garnishee process . --
Kent . --
Tomlins . --
Cowell .
{
Foreign bill },
a bill drawn in one country ,
and payable in another ,
as distinguished from an inland bill ,
which is one drawn and payable in the same country .
In this latter ,
as well as in several other points of view ,
the different States of the United States are foreign to each other .
See {
Exchange },
n .,
4 . --
Kent . --
Story .
{
Foreign body } (
Med .),
a substance occurring in any part of the body where it does not belong ,
and usually introduced from without .
{
Foreign office },
that department of the government of Great Britain which has charge British interests in foreign countries .
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Syn :
Outlandish ;
alien ;
exotic ;
remote ;
distant ;
extraneous ;
extrinsic .
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89 Moby Thesaurus words for "
foreign ":
accidental ,
adventitious ,
alien ,
apart ,
barbarian ,
barbaric ,
barbarous ,
curious ,
detached ,
disconnected ,
discrete ,
disjunct ,
disrelated ,
dissociated ,
distant ,
distasteful ,
exotic ,
exterior ,
external ,
exterrestrial ,
exterritorial ,
extragalactic ,
extralateral ,
extraliminal ,
extramundane ,
extramural ,
extraneous ,
extraorganismal ,
extrapolar ,
extraprovincial ,
extrasolar ,
extraterrestrial ,
extraterritorial ,
extratribal ,
extrinsic ,
foreign -
born ,
immaterial ,
impersonal ,
impertinent ,
imported ,
inapplicable ,
inapposite ,
inappropriate ,
incommensurable ,
incomparable ,
incompatible ,
incongruous ,
inconsistent ,
inconsonant ,
independent ,
insular ,
intrusive ,
irrelative ,
isolated ,
nonsubjective ,
objective ,
obnoxious ,
odd ,
other ,
outland ,
outlandish ,
outlying ,
outside ,
outward ,
overseas ,
peculiar ,
remote ,
removed ,
repellent ,
repugnant ,
segregate ,
separate ,
separated ,
strange ,
tramontane ,
transalpine ,
transatlantic ,
transpacific ,
ulterior ,
unaffiliated ,
unallied ,
unassimilable ,
unassociated ,
unconnected ,
unearthly ,
unfamiliar ,
unknown ,
unrelatable ,
unrelated FOREIGN .
That which belongs to another country ;
that which is strange .
1 Peters ,
R .
343 .
2 .
Every nation is foreign to all the rest ,
and the several states of the American Union are foreign to each other ,
with respect to their municipal laws .
2 Wash .
R .
282 ;
4 Conn .
517 ;
6 Conn .
480 ;
2 Wend .
411 1 Dall .
458 ,
463 6 Binn .
321 ;
12 S . &
R .
203 ;
2 Hill R .
319 1 D .
Chipm .
303 7 Monroe ,
585 5 Leigh ,
471 ;
3 Pick .
293 .
3 .
But the reciprocal relations between the national government and the several states composing the United States are not considered as foreign ,
but domestic .
9 Pet .
607 ;
5 Pet .
398 ;
6 Pet .
317 ;
4 Cranch ,
384 ;
4 Gill &
John .
1 ,
63 .
Vide Attachment ,
for foreign attachment ;
Bill of exchange ,
for foreign bills of exchange ;
Foreign Coins ;
Foreign Judgment ;
Foreign Laws ;
Foreigners .
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