foreignness
foreignness — 名詞
1. Being from a place other than the one where you live — the opposite of belonging
異國感
來自外國或非本土的特質
Being from a place other than the one where you live — the opposite of belonging to a country by birth or long residence. For instance, when a person's accent, appearance, or customs mark them as coming from somewhere else.
Takeshi's Japanese accent signaled his foreignness as soon as he started working in São Paulo.
Takeshi 的日語口音在他於聖保羅開始工作時，立刻透露了他的異國感。
signaled by accent or appearance
Megan felt the foreignness of the Moroccan market in every unfamiliar smell and sound around her.
Megan 在摩洛哥市集裡，從每一股陌生的氣味與聲響中感受到了異國感。
foreignness + of + place
Dario's Italian gestures confused his American coworkers, but the foreignness of his body language faded over time.
Dario 的義大利式手勢一開始讓美國同事感到困惑，但他的肢體語言所帶來的異國感後來逐漸消失了。
Roya never felt self-conscious about her foreignness at the international school, where most students were also from other countries.
Roya 在國際學校裡從未因自己的異國感而感到不自在，因為多數學生也來自其他國家。
Beatriz had to explain her foreignness to every taxi driver who commented on her South American accent.
Beatriz 必須向每一位注意到她南美洲口音的計程車司機解釋自己的異國感。
- nativeness
the quality of belonging to a place by birth
文法句型
foreignness + of + noun phrase
用法筆記
Typically used with possessive adjectives (her foreignness, his foreignness) or after 'the foreignness of + noun' to identify the person or thing from another country. Common verbs include 'feel', 'notice', 'signal', and 'sense'.
常見錯誤
2. How strange, unusual, or disorienting something feels when it lies entirely outs
陌生感
不熟悉而顯得怪異的感覺
How strange, unusual, or disorienting something feels when it lies entirely outside a person's normal experience. For example, the odd feeling you get in a place that should feel familiar but no longer does.
After living abroad for five years, Olivia felt a strange foreignness in her childhood bedroom.
在國外住了五年之後，Olivia 在自己從小長大的臥室裡感受到一股奇異的陌生感。
foreignness of a once-familiar place
The foreignness of the new computer system made it hard for Greta to finish her reports on time.
新電腦系統的陌生感讓 Greta 很難按時完成她的報告。
foreignness + of + unfamiliar system or object
Imran could not explain the foreignness he felt in the empty theater, where every sound echoed off the walls.
Imran 說不清他在空蕩蕩的劇院裡感受到的陌生感——那裡的每一個聲響都在牆間迴盪。
Maeve tried to make local friends, but the foreignness of Taipei made her feel like an outsider for months.
Maeve 努力結交當地朋友，但台北的陌生感讓她好幾個月都覺得自己是個局外人。
Tendai entered the quiet hospital ward and was struck by the foreignness of the dark, empty halls.
Tendai 走進安靜的醫院病房，被黑暗空曠的走廊所帶來的陌生感震懾住了。
- unfamiliarity
more neutral; simply means not known, without the emotional tone of strangeness
- strangeness
broader term that can apply to anything odd, not only things outside one's normal experience
- oddness
milder and slightly informal; suggests something is unusual but not necessarily disorienting
- familiarity
the state of being well known and easily recognised
文法句型
foreignness + of + noun phrase
用法筆記
Commonly paired with verbs of perception such as 'feel', 'notice', 'strike', or 'sense'. Often describes a place or object that a person expects to find familiar but experiences as strange.