| 单词 | immigrant |
| 释义 | immigrant (once / 567 pages) n The United States is a country of immigrants — people who come to one country from another country, in hopes of having a better life. If you didn't immigrate to the United States yourself, it is extremely likely that you have at least one recent ancestor who did. Don't confuse the words immigrant and emigrant. If you come to a country, you are an immigrant and you emigrate from somewhere else. Ireland has many emigrants to America; America has many immigrants from Ireland. If your parents were immigrants to the United States, but you were born here, you are a citizen automatically. WORD FAMILYimmigrant: immigrants+/migrant: immigrant, migrants USAGE EXAMPLESShe is interested in immigrants’ rights and women’s rights but also income inequality and improving public education. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) She added that cities in the Rust Belt are “all looking at how immigrant integration plays a part in that revitalization of a city.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) At Jo-Ann Fabric, the sewing aisle, a beacon of immigrant industriousness, was humming. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) n a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there Hyper migrant, migrator traveler who moves from one region or country to another |
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