| 释义 |
returˈnee orig. U.S.
[f. return v.1 + -ee1.]
One who returns or is returned from abroad to his native land, esp. from war service or exile. Also attrib. and transf.
1944Newsweek 17 July 62 The biography of a returnee fits into a regular pattern. 1945Christian Sci. Monitor 17 Mar. 10/2 (caption) A launch filled with returnees and their wives sets out on exploration tour of the coves. 1955Sci. News Let. 27 Aug. 142/3 They suggest a brainwashing in reverse as treatment for returnees showing symptoms of mental sickness. 1969Daily Tel. 27 Dec. 5/2 The Communists counted 54 dead, nine taken prisoner and 31 ‘returnees’ during the truce period. A ‘returnee’ is a Viet Cong guerilla who surrenders peacefully to the South Vietnamese Government, thereby securing all citizen's privileges. 1974W. Hunt North of 53 Degrees x. 60 The Klondike gold had escaped the grasp of these returnees. 1977Guardian Weekly 18 Sept. 15/3 They want to go back to Russia... Would-be Soviet returnees. 1981Times 22 Jan. 8/3 The former hostages, already inelegantly dubbed ‘returnees’. |