• adj. 外國的；外交的；異質(zhì)的；不相關(guān)的

來自拉丁語foris, 門外，在外面，詞源同door. 拼寫受reign, sovereign等影響。后用于指陌生人，外面人。

foreign

foreign: [13] Etymologically, foreign means ‘out of doors’. It comes via Old French forein from Vulgar Latin *forānus, a derivative of Latin forās ‘out of doors, abroad’. This originated as the accusative plural of *fora, an unrecorded variant form of forēs ‘door’ (to which English door is related). The literal sense ‘outdoor’ survived into Middle English (the chambre forene mentioned by Robert of Gloucester in his Chronicle 1297, for instance, was an ‘outside loo’), but by the early 15th century the metaphorical ‘of other countries, abroad’ had more or less elbowed it aside.
=> door, forest, forfeit

foreign (adj.)

c. 1300, ferren, foran, foreyne, in reference to places, "outside the boundaries of a country;" of persons, "born in another country," from Old French forain "strange, foreign; outer, external, outdoor; remote, out-of-the-way" (12c.), from Medieval Latin foraneus "on the outside, exterior," from Latin foris (adv.) "outside," literally "out of doors," related to foris "a door," from PIE *dhwor-ans-, from root *dhwer- "door, doorway" (see door).

English spelling altered 17c., perhaps by influence of reign, sovereign. Sense of "alien to one's nature, not connected with, extraneous" attested late 14c. Meaning "pertaining to another country" (as in foreign policy) is from 1610s. Replaced native fremd. Related: Foreignness.

1. The Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money.

瑞士人想要阻止外資流入。

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2. He put the case to the Saudi Foreign Minister.

他把這起事件向沙特外長作了說明。

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3. The Foreign Office in London has expressed surprise at these allegations.

位于倫敦的英國外交部對這些說法表示驚訝.

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4. The constitution prohibits them from military engagement on foreign soil.

憲法禁止他們在外國采取軍事行動。

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5. Responsibility and moderation were to be the keynotes of their foreign policy.

責(zé)任和克制將是他們外交政策的核心。

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