foreign
/ˈfɔrən; ?@ ˈfɔ:r-; `fɔrɪn/ adj
1
(a) of, in or from a country or an area other than one's own 外国的
foreign languages, goods, students 外国语、 外国货、 外国学生.
(b) dealing with or involving other countries 外交的; 涉外的
foreign affairs 外交事务
foreign policy 外交政策
foreign trade 对外贸易
foreign aid, ie money, etc given by one country to another in need 外国的援助.
2 ~ to sb/sth (fml 文) not belonging naturally to sb/sth; alien to sb/sth; uncharacteristic of sb/sth 非某人[某事物]所固有的; 与某人[某事物]的本性相异
Dishonesty is foreign to his nature. 他的本性与弄虚作假格格不入.
3 (fml 文) coming or introduced from outside, usu by accident 来自外界的（通常指意外地）
a foreign body (eg a hair or speck of dirt) in the eye 眼中的异物（如毛发或灰尘）.