refugee ♦︎ immigrant ♦︎ migrant ♦︎ expatriate ♦︎ exile ♦︎ emigrant ♦︎ asylum seeker ♦︎ evacueeThese are all words for sb who has left the place where they lived and is going or has gone to find a new place to live or stay.這些詞均表示移居别處的人。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a would-be refugee / immigrant / migrant / emigrant / asylum seeker◆a genuine / bogus refugee / asylum seeker◆an illegal immigrant / migrant / emigrant◆a political refugee / exile / asylum seeker◆an economic refugee / migrant◆refugees / migrants / expatriates / exiles / emigrants / asylum seekers / evacuees return◆immigrant / migrant workers◆a flow / flood of refugees / immigrants / migrants / emigrants◆an influx of refugees / immigrants / migrants■refugee ˌrefjuˈdʒiː [countable] a person who has been forced to leave their country or home, because there is a war or for political, religious or social reasons(戰爭、政治、宗教或社會原因造成的)避難者,逃亡者,難民◆There has been a steady flow of refugees from the war zone.從交戰地區撤出的難民源源不斷。◆a refugee camp難民營 see also refuge ⇨ shelter■immigrant ˈɪmɪgrənt [countable] a person who has come to live permanently in a country that is not their own(外來)移民,僑民◆Illegal immigrants are to be sent back to their country of origin.非法移民將被遣送回原籍國。◆immigrant communities / families / workers僑民社區/家庭/勞工▸immigrate
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[intransitive] (especially NAmE) ◆About 6.6 million people immigrated to the United States in the 1970s.20世紀70年代大約有660萬人移居美國。OPPemigrate ⇨ leave2▸immigration
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[uncountable] ◆laws restricting immigration into the US美國限制外來移民的法律◆an immigration officer一名移民局官員■migrant ˈmaɪgrənt [countable] a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work(爲工作)移居者;移民◆They claimed they were political refugees and not economic migrants.他們聲稱自己是來政治避難的,不是來掙錢的。 see also migrate ⇨ leave2■expatriate ˌeksˈpætriət; NAmEˌeksˈpeɪtriət [countable] a person living in a country that is not their own居住在國外的人;僑民◆FUSAC is a magazine for American expatriates in Paris.FUSAC是一份給居住在巴黎的美國僑民看的雜志。ⓘ In informal language, expatriate is sometimes shortened to expat.在非正式用語中,expatriate有時縮寫爲expat◆There are more than two million British expats down under(= in Australia).澳大利亞有超過200萬的英國僑民。▸expatriate
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[only before noun] ◆expatriate Britons in Spain居住在西班牙的英國人◆expatriate workers外籍勞工NOTE辨析 Immigrant or expatriate?An immigrant has gone to live permanently in another country; an expatriate usually intends to return after a few months or years. * immigrant指永久定居他國的移民,expatriate指通常打算數月或數年後返回祖國的僑民。■exileˈeksaɪl, ˈegzaɪl [countable] (ratherformal) a person who chooses or is forced to live away from their own country流亡國外者;被流放者;背井離鄉者◆A general amnesty was granted, allowing political exiles to return freely.頒布了大赦令,允許政治流亡者自由返回。◆a tax exile(= a rich person who moves to another country where taxes are lower)遷居低稅國家的富人 see also exile ⇨ expelverb■emigrantˈemɪgrənt [countable] (ratherformal) a person who leaves their country to live permanently in another永久移居外國的人;移民;僑民◆My grandparents were Italian emigrants who settled in New York in the 1920s.我的祖父母是20世紀20年代定居紐約的意大利移民。 see also emigrate ⇨ leave2NOTE辨析 Immigrant or emigrant?Immigrant is used to talk about people coming to a country, especially when this is being considered as a current political or social issue; emigrant is used to talk about people leaving a country, especially when this is being considered in a historical context. * immigrant立足於遷入國的角度,此類遷居尤被視爲當下的政治或社會問題;emigrant立足於遷出國的角度,此類遷居尤被視爲一種歷史事件。■aˈsylum seeker əˈsaɪləm [countable] a person who has left their own country, usually because they were in danger for political reasons, and who is asking for protection from the government of another country尋求庇護權的人(通常因政治原因人身安全受威脅而離開自己國家,尋求他國政府庇護)◆Genuine asylum seekers should not be denied entry to the country.真正的尋求庇護者不應被拒絕進入這個國家。 see also asylum ⇨ shelter■evacuee ɪˌvækjuˈiː [countable] a person who is sent away from a place because it is dangerous, especially during a war(因爲危險,尤指戰爭)被疏散者,撤離者◆During 1942 evacuee families started to arrive in the town.1942年,撤離的家庭開始抵達這個城鎮。 see also evacuate ⇨ evacuate