foreign
adj
1
(a) of, in or from a country or an area other than one's own 外國的
foreign languages, goods, students 外國語、 外國貨、 外國學生.
(b) dealing with or involving other countries 外交的; 涉外的
foreign affairs 外交事務
foreign policy 外交政策
foreign trade 對外貿易
foreign aid, ie money, etc given by one country to another in need 外國的援助.
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; 與某人[某事物]的本性相異
Dishonesty is foreign to his nature. 他的本性與弄虛作假格格不入.
3 (fml 文) coming or introduced from outside, usu by accident 來自外界的(通常指意外地)
a foreign body (eg a hair or speck of dirt) in the eye 眼中的異物(如毛發或灰塵).