| 单词 | economic refugee |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseconomic refugee economic refugee n. a person who leaves his or her native country in search of employment or economic opportunity; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1928 N.Y. Times 2 July 7/5 This country was not built by economic refugees. 1976 Pacific Sociol. Rev. 19 203 The overwhelming majority of [illegal Mexican immigrants]..are law abiding persons—economic refugees from a country and region without work opportunities. 1991 Boston June 86/2 Jamaica Plain..has been overrun by economic refugees from pricey Cambridge. 2004 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 21 Feb. 11 The perception..was that they were economic refugees not genuine ‘hard done by’ real refugees. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。