영어 사전에서 “foreign”의 의미

“foreign” - 영어

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foreignadjective

uk /ˈfɒr.ən/ us /ˈfɔːr.ən/

A2 belonging or connected to a country that is not your own:

Spain was the first foreign country she had visited.
foreign languages
His work provided him with the opportunity for a lot of foreign travel.
foreign to formal

C2 Something can be described as foreign to a particular person if they do not know about it or it is not within their experience:

The whole concept of democracy, she claimed, was utterly foreign to the present government.

A foreign object or substance has entered something else, possibly by accident, and does not belong there:

a foreign object/substance
foreign matter

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(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus의 “foreign” 정의 © Cambridge University Press)

“foreign” - 미국식 영어

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foreignadjective [ not gradable ]

us /ˈfɔr·ən, ˈfɑr-/

belonging or connected to a country that is not your own or is not the one you are in:

a foreign country
a foreign language

(Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary의 “foreign” 정의 © Cambridge University Press)

“foreign” - 비즈니스 영어

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foreignadjective

uk /ˈfɒrɪn/ us

in or from a country that is not your own:

a foreign brand/company/firm The company represents some foreign brands as their agents or distributors.
foreign capital/debt/investment The country needs to attract foreign investment into manufacturing.

(Cambridge Business English Dictionary의 “foreign” 정의 © Cambridge University Press)