in-country

in-country — adjective

1. happening or based inside a foreign nation where an outside government, army, or

1.形容詞C1
釋義

happening or based inside a foreign nation where an outside government, army, or organization is working, rather than being run from somewhere outside that nation.

例句

Reuben helped lead the in-country training programme for nurses in rural Kenya.

in-country + noun (training programme)

The aid group keeps a small in-country team in Jordan to manage the food deliveries.

collocation: in-country team / staff

同義詞
  • local

    broader; can mean any neighbourhood, not specifically inside a foreign host country

  • on-the-ground

    informal; emphasises physical presence at the site of work

  • field-based

    common in aid and research; stresses work away from headquarters

反義詞

文法句型

in-country + noun

用法筆記

Used attributively before a noun; rarely appears after 'be'. Subject is typically an organization, mission, programme, or team that originates outside the country but works inside it.

常見錯誤

❌The project is in-country.
✅The project has an in-country team in Manila.
💡in-country sits before a noun; predicative use sounds wrong.
❌Saira is in-country.' (to mean 'in the country')
✅Saira is in the country.
💡the hyphenated form modifies a noun; the plain phrase 'in the country' is the everyday adverbial.