- 词义辨析
foreign, alien
alien 表示“外国的,异乡的”时与foreign相似,但比foreign正式,没有后者使用普遍。
- 速记技巧
词源词根法
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。
- 近义词
- 反义词
- 知识拓展
单词解说
foreign的基本意思是“外国的,在本国以外的;从外国来的”。
foreign也可作“不属于本身的;无关的,不相干的”解,常接介词to表示“和…格格不入”“和…不相干”。引申可作“异质的”解。
重要短语
foreign trade外贸,对外贸易
foreign language n.外语;外文
foreign exchange外汇;国际汇兑;外国汇票
foreign capital外国资本,外资
- 双语例句 更多例句
Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative.
外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎.
《简明英汉词典》
They were understood to have reviewed all major foreign policy issues.
据了解,他们讨论了所有重大的外交政策问题.
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She has mastered a foreign language by aid of a grammar and dictionary.
她借助语法书和词典掌握了一门外语.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
A foreign language cannot be learned rapidly, it must be learned step by step.
外语并非在短时间内就能学会, 学外语是一个循序渐进的过程.
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It's no good taking over the experience of foreign countries uncritically.
决不可生吞活剥地搬用外国的经验.
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The stronger the motivation, the more quickly a person will learn a foreign language.
一个人学外语的内在要求越高, 那么他就学得越快.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
Most foreign trading companies in West Africa deals in rubber, cocoa and vegetable oil.
西非的大多数外贸公司经营橡胶 、 可可和植物油.
《简明英汉词典》
Several news commentators hit out at the president on his foreign policy.
有几位时事评论员猛烈抨击总统的对外政策.
《简明英汉词典》
It is simply a fantastic imagination to conceive that one can master a foreign language overnight.
幻想在一天早晨就把外语学好,那只是白日作梦.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
中国需要大量吸收外国的进步文化,但决不能无批判地兼收并蓄。
《汉英大词典》
- 相关词组
- foreign nationality外籍;
- foreign exchange certificate外汇兑换券;
- foreign lands外域;异域;
- in an ostentatiously foreign style洋里洋气;
- foreign policyn.外交政策;
- be crazy about foreign things and obsequious to foreigners崇洋媚外
- urethral foreign body尿道异物
- foreign servicen.驻外事务处,美国国务院的一部门;
- foreign currencyn.外币;外汇;
- institute of foreign languages外语学院
- foreign firm外国商行,洋行;
- foreign ministern.外交部长;外长;外相;外交大臣;外务大臣
- enterprise run with foreign capital[法]外资企业;
- foreign invader外寇;
- foreign capital外资;外国资本,外资
- foreign guest外宾;
- trumpet servility to things foreign崇洋媚外;
- foreign exchange reserves外汇储备;
- foreign grant外国赠款;外援
- ministry of foreign trad[医]外贸部;
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- interview n.面试;采访;面谈;v.对…进行面试;采访;面谈;
- donate v.赠送;捐献;
- International adj.国际的;n.国际比赛;国际比赛选手;外国人;
- room n. 房间;空间;余地;房间里所有的人;vt. 租房,合住;为…提供住处;投宿,住宿;留…住宿;
- liquid n.液体;adj.液体的;易变为现金的;清澈的;清脆的;
- worst adj.最坏的;最差的(bad, ill的最高级);adv.最糟;最严重(badly的最高级);
- sincerely adv.真诚地;诚恳地;谆;
- Frenchman n.法国男人;法国人;
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- shallow adj.浅的;肤浅的;(呼吸)浅的,弱的;
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