| 单词 | expatriate |
| 释义 | expatriate (once / 4043 pages) nv An expatriate is someone who lives in another country by choice. If you leave your split-level ranch in Ohio and move to a writers' commune in Paris for good, you've become an expatriate. Expatriate can also be a verb, so that American in Paris has expatriated. There was a scene of expatriates, or expats, living in Paris in the roaring '20s that included writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein. The word used to mean to get kicked out of your native country — it's from the French word expatrier which means "banish." The prefix ex means "out of" and the Latin patria "one's native country," but the word took a turn and now refers to people who left without getting shoved out. WORD FAMILYexpatriate: expatriated, expatriates, expatriating, expatriation+/expatriation: expatriations USAGE EXAMPLESA statement reminded U.S. citizens that extremists “are continuing aggressive efforts to conduct attacks in areas where U.S. citizens and expatriates reside or frequent.” Time(Jan 01, 2017) Exchange houses allow millions of expatriate workers to send money home. Reuters(Dec 22, 2016) Steve Bellinger, a British expatriate who runs a local B&B with his wife, summed up the local people for us. BBC(Dec 21, 2016) 1n a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country American expatriates Syn|Hypo|Hyper exile, expat refugee an exile who flees for safety remittance manan exile living on money sent from home DP, displaced person, stateless persona person forced to flee from home or country absentee one that is absent or not in residence 2v expel from a country Syn|Ant|Hyper deport, exile repatriate admit back into the country expel, kick out, throw out force to leave or move out 3v move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad Hyper emigrate leave one's country of residence for a new one |
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