expatriate

英 [ˌeksˈpætriət]

美 [ˌeksˈpeɪtriət]

n.  居住在国外的人; 侨民
adj.  移居国外的; 被逐出国外的
vt.  移居国外; 放弃原国籍使移居国外; 使放弃国籍; 放逐; 流放

复数：expatriates　过去式：expatriated　现在分词：expatriating　第三人称单数：expatriates　过去分词：expatriated　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.10531 / COCA.13251

牛津词典

noun

• 居住在国外的人；侨民
  a person living in a country that is not their own
  1. American expatriates in Paris
     居住在巴黎的美国人

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 移居国外者;侨民
  Anexpatriateis someone who is living in a country which is not their own.
  1. ...British expatriates in Spain.
     在西班牙的英国侨民
  2. Expatriateis also an adjective.
     
  3. The French military is preparing to evacuate women and children of expatriate families.
     法国军方正准备撤离侨民家庭的妇女儿童。

英英释义

noun

• a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  1. American expatriates
  Synonym:exileexpat

verb

• move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
• expel from a country
  1. The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions
  Synonym:deportexile

双语例句

• The proportion of this expatriate population varies significantly between both home and host countries.
  这种外流移民人口占母国人口的比例和占客国人口的比例相差很大。
• The writer, an expatriate living in singapore, has studied and worked in the us.
  作者曾在美国读书和工作，目前旅居新加坡。
• The United Nations and other international agencies also have offices here, along with businesses catering to the city's expatriate communities.
  联合国和其他国际机构在这里都设有办公室，还有一些企业为这座城市的移居者服务。
• An expatriate American lawyer opened Lhasa's first high-end boutique hotel last year.
  一位美国律师去年开设了拉萨首家高端精品酒店。
• I am a senior expatriate manager in a privately held Asian company.
  我是外派到一家亚洲私人企业任职的高级经理。
• Increased precautions for expatriate workers are "cascading vulnerability" onto locals, it argues.
  报告说，对外籍人员保护的增强导致这些攻击都集中落到了当地雇员身上。
• Expatriate candidates are also welcomed.
  我们也欢迎海外的应聘者。
• The Chinese attitude to safety often causes sharp intakes of expatriate breath.
  中国人对安全的态度经常会引起外籍人士的错愕。
• Many of the over 6,000 expatriate employees are posted in countries where English is not necessarily the first language.
  其中，超过6000个外籍职员被分派到一些不以英文为第一语文的国家工作。
• The findings are designed to help multinational employers determine compensation for their expatriate workers.
  这项调查是为帮助跨国投资商决定对海外移民者的工作补偿。