Tra từ internal - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in·tern·al AW BrE [ɪnˈtɜːnl] NAmE [ɪnˈtɜːrnl] adjective
1. only before noun connected with the inside of sth
•the internal structure of a building
•internal doors
Opp: ↑external
2. only before noun connected with the inside of your body
•internal organs/injuries
• The medicine is not for internal use.
Opp: ↑external
3. usually before noun involving or concerning only the people who are part of a particular organization rather than people from outside it
•an internal inquiry
•the internal workings of government
•internal divisions within the company
Opp: ↑external
4. only before noun connected with a country's own affairs rather than those that involve other countries
Syn: ↑domestic
•internal affairs/trade/markets
•an internal flight (= within a country)
Opp: ↑external
5. coming from within a thing itself rather than from outside it
•a theory which lacks internal consistency (= whose parts are not in agreement with each other)
• Some photos contain internal evidence (= fashions, transport, etc.) that may help to date them.
6. happening or existing in your mind
Syn: ↑inner
•internal rage
Derived Word: ↑internally

Word Origin:
[internal internally] early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘intrinsic’): from modern Latin internalis, from Latin internus ‘inward, internal’.

Example Bank:
•He accused the US of trying to interfere in his country's internal affairs.
•Nations should be left to resolve their own internal difficulties.
•She was on an internal flight from London to Manchester.
•The civil war led to considerable internal migration.