单词 | immigrate |
释义 | immigrateWord family (noun) immigration ≠ emigration immigrant ≠ emigrant (verb) immigrate ≠ emigrate From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishimmigrateim‧mi‧grate /ˈɪmɪɡreɪt/ ●●○ AWL verb [intransitive]FOREIGNto come into a country in order to live there permanently → emigrate, migrate His father and mother immigrated when he was two.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusimmigrate• They had no choice but to immigrate.• He immigrated here to breathe and stretch too.• Immigration increased dramatically, though to the countries they tried to immigrate, the wolf-men were as welcome as wolves usually are.• After the hard winter of 1848, the family immigrated to Pittsburgh, where her sisters lived.• Amanda and Alisha are writing the story of a woman who recently immigrated to the neighborhood.• His ancestors had immigrated to the United States in the early l800s.• It was during this visit that I realized what people must have gone through simply to immigrate to the United States.From Longman Business Dictionaryimmigrateim‧mi‧grate /ˈɪmɪgreɪt/ verb [intransitive] to come into a country in order to live there permanentlyBorn in the Philippines, Celeste immigrated to the United States when she was 15. → compare emigrate→ See Verb tableOrigin immigrate (1600-1700) Latin past participle of immigrare “to go in”, from migrare; → MIGRATE |
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