expatriate

noun

/ˌeksˈpætriət/

/ˌeksˈpeɪtriət/

(also informal expat

/ˈekspæt/

)

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a person living in a country that is not their own
- American expatriates in Paris
- My family lived as expatriates in Hong Kong before I was born.
Synonyms immigrant
immigrant
- migrant
- refugee
- asylum seeker
- expatriate
These words all describe people who have moved to a different country.
- immigrant a person who has either chosen or been forced to leave their country and come to live permanently in a country that is not their own:
  immigrants from other European countries
- migrant a person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or better living conditions:
  The country has a large seasonal migrant population.
- refugee a person who has been forced to leave their country or home, because there is a war or for political, religious or social reasons:
  There has been a steady flow of refugees from the war zone.
- asylum seeker a person who has been forced to leave their own country because they are in danger and who arrives in another country asking to be allowed to stay there:
  to provide accommodation and support for asylum seekers
- expatriate a person living in a country that is not their own, usually by choice:
  American expatriates in Paris
immigrant, migrant, refugee or asylum seeker?An immigrant has either chosen or been forced to leave their own country and move to another. A refugee has been forced to leave their own country. An asylum seeker has been forced to leave their own country and has arrived in another country asking to be allowed to stay. A migrant moves to another country, or within their own country, especially to find work or better living conditions. Patterns
- illegal/undocumented immigrants/migrants
- economic/skilled migrants
- political refugees
Word Originmid 18th cent. (as a verb): from medieval Latin expatriat- ‘gone out from one's country’, from the verb expatriare, from ex- ‘out’ + patria ‘native country’.

单词	expatriate
释义	expatriate noun /ˌeksˈpætriət/ /ˌeksˈpeɪtriət/ (also informal expat /ˈekspæt/ /ˈekspæt/ ) jump to other results a person living in a country that is not their own American expatriates in Paris My family lived as expatriates in Hong Kong before I was born. Synonyms immigrantimmigrant migrant refugee asylum seeker expatriate These words all describe people who have moved to a different country. immigrant a person who has either chosen or been forced to leave their country and come to live permanently in a country that is not their own: immigrants from other European countries migrant a person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or better living conditions: The country has a large seasonal migrant population. refugee a person who has been forced to leave their country or home, because there is a war or for political, religious or social reasons: There has been a steady flow of refugees from the war zone. asylum seeker a person who has been forced to leave their own country because they are in danger and who arrives in another country asking to be allowed to stay there: to provide accommodation and support for asylum seekers expatriate a person living in a country that is not their own, usually by choice: American expatriates in Paris immigrant, migrant, refugee or asylum seeker?An immigrant has either chosen or been forced to leave their own country and move to another. A refugee has been forced to leave their own country. An asylum seeker has been forced to leave their own country and has arrived in another country asking to be allowed to stay. A migrant moves to another country, or within their own country, especially to find work or better living conditions. Patterns illegal/undocumented immigrants/migrants economic/skilled migrants political refugees Word Originmid 18th cent. (as a verb): from medieval Latin expatriat- ‘gone out from one's country’, from the verb expatriare, from ex- ‘out’ + patria ‘native country’. expatriate adjective /ˌeksˈpætriət/ /ˌeksˈpeɪtriət/ [only before noun] jump to other results living in a country that is not your own expatriate Britons in Spain expatriate workers
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