单词 | repatriation |
释义 | repatriationn. 1. a. The return or restoration of a person to his or her native country; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [noun] > return to one's own country repassage1429 repatriation1592 society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > immigration > [noun] > restoration to a or one's country repatriation1592 redefection1956 1592 H. Wotton Let. 13 June in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 670 I wish your Honour (in our Tuscan Phrase) a most happy Repatriation. 1646 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. II. viii. 129 Without Portion or any other thing, save only his re-patriation. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 May 11/1 The repatriation of the exiled adherents. 1879 Eastern Question I. iv. 197 The Porte could not afford the outlay for the repatriation of the refugees. 1906 G. B. Beak Aftermath of War viii. 237 The work of the concentration camps and repatriation will not be wholly lost on the children of tomorrow. 1945 Sun (Baltimore) 29 Mar. 6/5 UNRRA is charged with the repatriation of refugees. 2003 G. Laderman Rest in Peace ii. 51 Supporters of repatriation argued against overseas cemeteries for several reasons. b. The return or restoration of money, historical artefacts, etc., to their country of origin; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1967 R. D. Robinson High-level Manpower in Econ. Devel. 87 The capacity to guarantee the repatriation of capital and profits has been used as a lever. 1994 A. Jonaitis & R. Inglis in M. Torgovnick Eloquent Obsessions 159 Instead of initiating a repatriation of the shrine, they asked whether, as part of this endeavor, we could assist them in the creation of a new shrine. 2007 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 June 44/1 The movement for the repatriation of ‘cultural patrimony’ by nations whose ancient past is typically more glorious than their recent history provides the framework for the dispute between Peru and Yale. 2. Canadian. The act or process of transferring control over a constitution or constitutional legislation from a mother country to a former dependency. Also in extended use. Cf. patriation n., repatriate v. 3. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > [noun] > bringing under that of mother country > devolution or return of repatriation1961 1961 Ann. Reg. 1960 73 Justice Minister Fulton proposed a two-stage process beginning with repatriation [of the British North America Act] and followed by the working-out of a method of amendment. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Feb. 8/5 Mr. Pearson was asked..why the federal Government had not discussed repatriation of the constitution from Britain. 1976 Maclean's 17 May 45/2 The arguments for and against the repatriation of the Canadian culture take on a national scope. 2002 R. Chodos & S. Joanis tr. R. Dupuis Justice for Canada's Aboriginal Peoples 101 Meech Lake, put forward by Prime Minister Mulroney and Quebec Premier Bourassa, was supposed to ‘correct’ the isolation of Quebec during the repatriation of the constitution in 1982. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1882 G. Bryce Manitoba 144 This repatriation movement from the United States. 1891 Times 12 Feb. 5/4 Contributions towards a repatriation fund. 1945 Daily Mirror 27 Sept. 1/4 The last batch of liberated prisoners and internees in Singapore boarded a repatriation ship yesterday. 1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse 1 It was through an erroneous repatriation-order that I obtained this last panorama of my early home. 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 1 Nov. He said the provinces had always tacked their own demands for a new division of powers on repatriation efforts. 1996 Holiday Which? Mar. 112/3 It cannot be emphasised strongly enough how important it is to have travel insurance with adequate repatriation cover—at least £5,000 for Europe, £7,000 further afield. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1592 |
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