foreign
外国,外国的
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- : of, relating to, or derived from another country or nation; not native: foreign cars.
- : of or relating to contact or dealings with other countries; connected with foreign affairs.
- : external to one's own country or nation: a foreign country.
- : carried on abroad, or with other countries: foreign trade.
- : belonging to or coming from another district, province, etc.
- : located outside a specific district, province, etc.
- : Law. of or relating to law outside of local jurisdiction.of or relating to another jurisdiction, as of another nation or state.
- : belonging to or proceeding from other persons or things: a statement supported by foreign testimony.
- : not belonging to the place or body where found: foreign matter in a chemical mixture.
- : not related to or connected with the thing under consideration: foreign to our discussion.
- : alien in character; irrelevant or inappropriate; remote.
- : strange or unfamiliar.
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Examples
In the past, foreign policy differences between the parties were often at the margins.
The boost in admissions is partly down to the continued enthusiasm of foreign students for studying in the United Kingdom.
It has taken a long time for biology and medicine to arrive at the idea that significant portions of an individual’s own body are foreign to it.
The contracts can be so strict that if enforced they could prevent an employee from, for example, trading equities or foreign exchange for the rest of their careers.
Aside from Major League Soccer and the National Hockey League, no other major sport has a higher foreign player participation rate, say experts.
Cambodia, with its seemingly free press, is also a haven for foreign journalists.
What they believe impacts economic policy, foreign policy, education policy, environmental policy, you name it.
Huckabee is also not burdened by, or beholden to, foreign investors.
What if there were a legal dispute between the foreign investor and his or her Egyptian partners or collaborators?
But I had won the British Award, Best Foreign Actor, so I went.
It is a lofty and richly-decorated pile of the fourteenth century; and tells of the labours and the wealth of a foreign land.