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单词 boat people
释义

boat people

plural noun

: refugees fleeing by boat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In his first week of office, his first two decisions were: 1) to approve a Mossad operation to rescue Ethiopian Jews, and 2) to direct the Israeli navy to rescue the Vietnamese boat people. Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022 Her maternal grandparents, boat people on the Yangtze River, had begun one day with eight children on the boat and at the end of the day counted seven. The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021 The boat people where rescued from their sinking ferry in international waters and remain onboard the ship which is anchored off Christmas Island. Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021 Then came Vietnam and the exodus of hundreds of thousands of boat people after the fall of Saigon. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2021 Darren had successfully reached the water’s edge and was thus in earshot of the boat people. Hermione Hoby, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021 Among the voluntarily naked British citizens on the beach, the first thing observed was that the boat people had no bags. Hermione Hoby, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021 The United Nations High Commission for Refugees estimates that between 200,000 and 400,000 boat people died at sea. CNN, 30 Apr. 2021 Consider Hanh Tran, born in Boston, her mother one of the boat people who fled Vietnam after the war. BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

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