请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 anchor relative
释义

> as lemmas

anchor relative
anchor relative n. originally and chiefly North American a legally recognized resident of a country who acts as a sponsor for a family member who wants to emigrate to his or her relative's country.
ΚΠ
1979 Minneapolis Tribune 22 Apr. b10/2 About 8,000 Hmong have immigrated to the United States... As many as 20,000 more are expected to flee from Laos. Under the tightly defined American program, only those with ‘anchor’ relatives in America—such as parents, children and single siblings—qualify for resettlement.
1983 in Reauthorization Refugee Act 1980: Hearings before Subcomm. Immigration & Refugee Policy of Comm. on Judiciary (U.S. Senate, 98th Congr., 1st Sess.) (1984) App. 472 In the case of family reunifications, the anchor relative signs an ‘Anchor Relative Assistance Form’ stating what services and resources he is willing and able to provide.
2017 Maclean's Aug. 28/2 Mavis Otuteye, a Ghanaian national who wanted to visit her newborn Canadian granddaughter,..was..found dead of probable hypothermia about a kilometre from the border. With that infant as an anchor relative, she likely could have crossed legally to claim asylum in Fort Erie.
extracted from anchorn.1
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/1 6:53:28