foreign是什么意思_foreign怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

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"

not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source;"water free of extraneous matter"
"foreign particles in milk"

中英词源

foreign 外国的，陌生的

来自拉丁语foris, 门外，在外面，词源同door. 拼写受reign, sovereign等影响。后用于指陌生人，外面人。

foreign: foreign: [13] Etymologically, foreign means ‘out of doors’. It comes via Old French forein from Vulgar Latin *forānus, a derivative of Latin forās ‘out of doors, abroad’. This originated as the accusative plural of *fora, an unrecorded variant form of forēs ‘door’ (to which English door is related). The literal sense ‘outdoor’ survived into Middle English (the chambre forene mentioned by Robert of Gloucester in his Chronicle 1297, for instance, was an ‘outside loo’), but by the early 15th century the metaphorical ‘of other countries, abroad’ had more or less elbowed it aside.
=> door, forest, forfeit
foreign (adj.): c. 1300, ferren, foran, foreyne, in reference to places, "outside the boundaries of a country;" of persons, "born in another country," from Old French forain "strange, foreign; outer, external, outdoor; remote, out-of-the-way" (12c.), from Medieval Latin foraneus "on the outside, exterior," from Latin foris (adv.) "outside," literally "out of doors," related to foris "a door," from PIE *dhwor-ans-, from root *dhwer- "door, doorway" (see door).

English spelling altered 17c., perhaps by influence of reign, sovereign. Sense of "alien to one"s nature, not connected with, extraneous" attested late 14c. Meaning "pertaining to another country" (as in foreign policy) is from 1610s. Replaced native fremd. Related: Foreignness.

词态变化

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权威造句

1. The Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money.: 瑞士人想要阻止外资流入。

2. He put the case to the Saudi Foreign Minister.: 他把这起事件向沙特外长作了说明。

3. The Foreign Office in London has expressed surprise at these allegations.: 位于伦敦的英国外交部对这些说法表示惊讶.

4. The constitution prohibits them from military engagement on foreign soil.: 宪法禁止他们在外国采取军事行动。

5. Responsibility and moderation were to be the keynotes of their foreign policy.: 责任和克制将是他们外交政策的核心。

近反义词

alien

distant

imported

introduced

remote

strange

相似短语

be foreign to 与…不相干,是…很陌生的

foreign to 和...无关的, 不适合于...

foreign exchange n.外汇,外国籫e certificate闫

foreign indebtedness 外债

foreign check 外国支票

foreign commerce 外贸

foreign crystal 异种晶体

foreign element 外来因素

foreign field 外磁场

foreign grog 外来熟料

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. foris "out of doors, outside" => for- "outside, beyond" => foreign, forfeit, forum.
2. => strange, foreign; outer, external, outdoor, out of doors.

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