immigrant

英 [ˈɪmɪɡrənt]

美 [ˈɪmɪɡrənt]

n.  (外来)移民; 外侨

复数：immigrants　

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牛津词典

noun

• （外来）移民；外侨
  a person who has come to live permanently in a country that is not their own
  1. immigrant communities/families/workers
     侨民社区 / 家庭 / 劳工
  2. illegal immigrants
     非法移民

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (外来)移民;侨民
  Animmigrantis a person who has come to live in a country from some other country.
  1. ...illegal immigrants.
     非法移民
  2. ...immigrant visas.
     移民签证

英英释义

noun

• a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there

双语例句

• Tension between business and government over skilled immigrant quotas is nothing new.
  企业和政府间在技术移民配额方面的紧张关系并不新鲜。
• I am a LEGAL immigrant and treated well.
  我是位合法移民，并且美国人待我不错。
• A new Harvard study shows that immigrant boys and girls fare very differently in the outside world.
  哈佛大学一项新的研究结果表明，移民中男孩和女孩在外面世界的发展差别很大。
• He is an illegal immigrant.
  他是一个非法移民。
• Their market soon extended beyond immigrant Jews.
  市场很快就拓展到了犹太移民社区之外。
• America was the promised land for many immigrant families.
  美国对许多移民家庭来说是希望之乡。
• Immigrant families tend to have more children, which means more taxpayers in the short term.
  移民家庭倾向于多生几个小孩，这意味着短期内会有更多纳税人。
• The United States is a huge immigrant country with its immigrants from various countries and regions across the world.
  美国是一个巨大的移民国家，其移民来自全球各个国家及地区。
• An emigrant from England in 1860, she stayed in Australia and became the spokeswoman for the immigrant population.
  作为1860年来自英国的移民，她留在了澳大利亚，并且成了移民人口的发言人。
• By the third generation, the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families.
  到了代，在大多数移民家庭，的母语就消失了。