| 单词 | foreign-trained |
| 释义 | > as lemmasforeign-trained a. Modifying past participles with the sense ‘in or by a foreign country; by a foreign company or foreign interests’, as in foreign-based, foreign-born, foreign-built, foreign-controlled, foreign-grown, foreign-made, foreign-owned, foreign-trained, foreign-wrought, etc. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxx Lawes..againste..foren wrought wares. 1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery (new ed.) 64 The Agatha, Foreign built, 250 Tuns. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. iii. 48 Such a ridiculous piece of goods as this outlandish, foreign-made Englishman. 1856 J. P. Hambleton H. A. Wise 57 Both the Alien and Sedition laws were intended for the oppression of foreign born citizens. 1878 A. L. Perry Elements Polit. Econ. (new ed.) 556 American-built but foreign-owned ships. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 16 June 1/3 A foreign-controlled department of public works. 1898 Daily News 5 Nov. 6/3 The commander of the foreign drilled troops. 1905 Daily Chron. 22 Nov. 6/3 Our corn is part home-grown and part foreign-grown. 1940 J. H. Jagger Eng. in Future 124 Native-born with one parent foreign-born. 1995 Financial Post (Canada) 30 Sept. 36/3 The heat is on foreign-based corporations in the U.S. to show that business conducted with the parent company is done at fair market value. 2000 M. Ondaatje Anil's Ghost 25 She was sure that this choice of subject was intentional—to level the playing field between the foreign-trained and the locally trained. 2005 Pilot Oct. 36/3 Foreign-registered aircraft cannot be used for commercial purposes in the UK. < as lemmas |
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