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expatriate

🇬🇧 UK/ˌeks'pætriət/🇺🇸 US/eks'peitrieit/
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A person living outside their home country, especially for work or study

侨民;旅居海外者

v.

To banish someone from their native country; to leave one's homeland to live abroad

驱逐出境;移居海外

adj.

Living outside one's own country

旅居海外的;移居国外的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
exout of, former
+
patrfather
+
iconnector
+
ateto make, having
=expatriate

Common Collocations

  • 1.expatriate worker侨民工人
  • 2.expatriate community侨民社区
  • 3.expatriate life海外生活

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Many expatriates work in Dubai's booming oil and finance industries.

  • 2.

    As an expatriate, she maintained strong ties to her home country.

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