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词汇 expatriate
释义 expatriate
noun[ C ]
uk /ekˈspæt.ri.ət/ us /ekˈspeɪ.tri.ət/(also informalexpat, uk /ekˈspæt/ us /ekˈspæt/)
someone who does not live in their own country: (旅居国外的)侨民
A large community of expatriates has settled there.已经有一大批侨民在那儿定居了。
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exilenoun
Fernando had many stories both of his years in Chile and of his experiences in California as an expatriate.
There are many multinational companies and expatriates working in the region.
Art Deco is associated in particular with two expatriates living in Paris: Josephine Baker and Tamara de Lempicka.
The Beach Club is a favorite haunt for the city's resident expatriates and élite.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
birthright citizenship
body politic
BRICS
citizen
compatriot
cross-border
cross-national
denaturalize
domestic
dual
fatherland
internationalism
native
naturalization
non-country
non-domestic
non-indigenous
non-national
statehood
stateless
expatriate
adjective
uk /ekˈspæt.ri.ət/ us /ekˈspeɪ.tri.ət/
living in a country that is not your own country, or relating to people that do this:
an expatriate Scot
expatriate communities
A number of expatriate aid workers remain in the region.
There was talk of mass evacuation among the city's expatriate population.
Expatriate Americans are entitled to vote in the election.
He became an expatriate sculptor in Rome.
The economy is sustained purely by the expatriate money coming in.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
birthright citizenship
body politic
BRICS
citizen
compatriot
cross-border
cross-national
denaturalize
domestic
dual
fatherland
internationalism
native
naturalization
non-country
non-domestic
non-indigenous
non-national
statehood
stateless
expatriate
verb[ I or T ]
 formaluk /ekˈspæt.ri.eɪt/ us /ekˈspeɪ.tri.eɪt/
to move from your own country, or to cause someone to move from their own country: (强行或依法)把…逐出本国,使移居国外
The new leaders expatriated the ruling family.新的领导人把统治家族驱逐出境。
We lived in a residential compound designed for expatriated Dutch workers and their families.
expatriate toHe expatriated to St. Kitts, a tranquil Caribbean island country.
to send money out of a country to another country:
The government is offering a haven for businessmen from overseas who need to expatriate their money.
Disillusioned by the United States, Wright had expatriated to Paris with his wife and daughter.
He was born in Trinidad, educated at Oxford and then expatriated to England.
A major component of the Irish gross domestic product was multinationals' profits, which were largely expatriated to other countries.
The host country may decree that no fund may be expatriated until the decree is lifted.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Punishing someone by sending them somewhere else
banish
banishment
deport
deport someone to somewhere
deportable
deportation
deportee
exile
exiled
expel
expulsion
extraordinary rendition
rid
rusticate
rustication
send
send someone down
send something off
shun
transport

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expatriate | American Dictionary


expatriate
noun[ C ]
us/ekˈspeɪ·tri·ət/
someone who does not live in his or her own country

expatriate | Business English


expatriate
noun[ C ]
uk /ɪkˈspætriət/ us /ɪkˈspeɪtriət/(abbreviationexpat, uk /ˌekˈspat/)
someone who does not live in their own country:
A large community of expatriates has settled there.
expatriate
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ɪkˈspætriət/ us /ɪkˈspeɪtriət/(abbreviationexpat)
relating to people who do not live in their own country:
The company has eight expatriate staff working around the world.
an expatriate community/resident/worker

Examples of expatriate


expatriate
The expatriates were naturally an important source of economic and political support.
Fashion was a key determinant of consumer appeal for expatriates, ever anxious to underline their continued links to the metropole.
British retired expatriates are more heterogeneous than is commonly believed.
To them, the considerations of the expatriates would become relevant only after their heads of state had reached regional agreements.
Screening for schistosomiasis, filariasis, and strongyloidiasis among expatriates returning from the tropics.
Moreover, when the prices of rubber were high, expatriates were often more anxious to purchase rubber and move it through the export chain than to verify its content and purity.
In addition, it was normal for the states to invite knowledgeable foreigners (black or white - expatriates in present-day language) to stay in the capitals as advisers.
I strongly opposed the extension of the vote to expatriates, some of whom left this country up to 20 years ago.
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I say again that, after careful consideration, we are sure that the expatriates' anxieties are groundless.
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The proportion of expatriates is falling quite rapidly.
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Theoretically it was because they were not genuine expatriates.
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The amount of pensions for the expatriates is £140,000 and for the non-expatriates £520,000.
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Does he contend that a farmer who is farming two farms ought to be expatriated from one of them?
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A great deal of money was sent back by expatriates working elsewhere.
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Many of those organisations have expatriates in their membership.
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