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小知识
If it has to do with other countries or their people, it is foreign, like a French movie receiving a British award for Best Foreign Film.
The adjective foreign is based on the Latin word foris, meaning “outside.” A foreign exchange student goes outside of his or her country to study. When you learn a foreign language, it is outside of the one you first learned. If you sleep late on the weekends, someone might say, “Getting up early on Saturdays is a foreign concept to you.” This means it's outside of your experience and knowledge.
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常用短语
单词用法
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。
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。
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
词根词缀
前缀: for-
1. =out of doors, outside 表示”门外,外边,外部的”; 2. 表示”前面,预先”
adj.
foreign 外国的, 外交的for门外,外边,外部的+eign→adj.外国的, 外交的
forward 早的, 迅速的,前进的for前面,预先+ward表方向→前进,向前[的,地]
adv.
forth 向前;向外,往外;以后for门外,外边,外部的+th→adv.向前;向外,往外;以后
forward 向前地,向将来for前面,预先+ward表方向→前进,向前[的,地]
n.
foreigner 外国人, 外地人foreign外国的+er人→n.外国人, 外地人
forest 森林;森林地带for门外,外边,外部的+est存在→在外头,野外→森林
forester 林务官, 森林人forest[n.森林;森林地带]+er人→n.林务官, 森林人
forward [体][足球等]前锋for前面,预先+ward表方向→前进,向前[的,地]
同义词
alien / outlandish / external / extraneous