foreign

外国の

自分の国以外の国から来た、その国に属する、またはそこにある。

やさしい英語で： Coming from, belonging to, or located in a country other than your own.

• She speaks two foreign languages.
• We exchanged some foreign currency.
• Have you visited any foreign countries?

類義語： overseas

反対語： domestic

よく使う表現： foreign country, foreign language, foreign accent, foreign currency

対外的な、外国の

ほかの国や、自国とそれらの国との関係に関する。

やさしい英語で： Concerned with other countries and your country’s relationship with them.

• Foreign policy was discussed today.
• The foreign minister visited three countries.
• They disagreed over foreign aid.

類義語： external

反対語： domestic

よく使う表現： foreign policy, foreign affairs, foreign relations, foreign aid

異質な、なじみのない

なじみがない、または人や体、仕組みに本来属していない。

やさしい英語で： Unfamiliar to someone, or not normally belonging to a person, body, or system.

• The idea was foreign to me.
• Doctors removed a foreign object from his eye.
• Such cruelty is foreign to her nature.

使い方： foreign to someone/something (These customs were foreign to us.)

類義語： alien, unfamiliar

反対語： familiar

よく使う表現： foreign to someone, foreign body, foreign object