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单词 emigrant
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Definition of emigrant in English:

emigrant

noun ˈɛmɪɡr(ə)ntˈɛməɡrənt
  • A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.

    she was a Polish emigrant who came to Scotland during the Second World War
    as modifier emigrant workers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many other emigrants subsequently settled in Dublin and the other major urban centres in the country.
    • The Minister said he will ask the group to pay special attention to the position of vulnerable and elderly emigrants.
    • The only significant change since earlier times was that emigrants went to England rather than America.
    • Specifically, emigrants would be able to move half their money as a first stage, then half of what is left a year later.
    • It shouldn't surprise anybody that generations of emigrants have gone to other countries to find employment.
    • However in hard economic times Irish emigrants had sent remittances home to sustain their families in Ireland.
    • These emigrants sent money back home when they were young and healthy, working on the buildings and roads in England.
    • He said returning emigrants would be afforded particular priority under the planning guidelines for rural housing.
    • But, in many cases, deportation is the least worry facing the illegal emigrants.
    • In more recent times, emigrants from Ireland and Scotland made homes there.
    • How important is ethnicity for the descendants of emigrants?
    • Six tall ships stopped in Hull as they retraced the route from Europe to America taken by two million emigrants more than a century ago.
    • Many of our emigrants, fortunately, have had positive experiences in their adopted countries.
    • It is reckoned that emigrants sent home the equivalent of 2 billion which helped to prop up our ailing economy.
    • The age profile of emigrants was younger than that for immigrants.
    • Many of the lands to which these emigrants went are still amongst the world's most thinly populated areas.
    • Without that contribution from the emigrants we could not enjoy the economic success that we have today.
    • The influx of a huge number of returning emigrants and migrant workers was the last thing that was needed.
    • Like all emigrants, he loved the homeland and kept in constant touch.
    • Many of the Irish emigrants in that city are lonely and isolated and need help and support at this vulnerable time in their lives.
    Synonyms
    stranger, visitor, non-member, odd man out

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Latin emigrant- 'migrating from', from the verb emigrare (see emigrate).

  • migrate from early 17th century:

    The word migrate was initially a general word for ‘move from one place to another’. It comes from Latin migrare ‘to move, shift’. People could immigrate from the early 17th century, but emigrants only appeared in the mid 18th century.

 
 

Definition of emigrant in US English:

emigrant

nounˈɛməɡrəntˈeməɡrənt
  • A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.

    as modifier emigrant workers
    the first emigrants to America
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The influx of a huge number of returning emigrants and migrant workers was the last thing that was needed.
    • Many of the lands to which these emigrants went are still amongst the world's most thinly populated areas.
    • Like all emigrants, he loved the homeland and kept in constant touch.
    • Six tall ships stopped in Hull as they retraced the route from Europe to America taken by two million emigrants more than a century ago.
    • These emigrants sent money back home when they were young and healthy, working on the buildings and roads in England.
    • The Minister said he will ask the group to pay special attention to the position of vulnerable and elderly emigrants.
    • In more recent times, emigrants from Ireland and Scotland made homes there.
    • But, in many cases, deportation is the least worry facing the illegal emigrants.
    • He said returning emigrants would be afforded particular priority under the planning guidelines for rural housing.
    • The only significant change since earlier times was that emigrants went to England rather than America.
    • The age profile of emigrants was younger than that for immigrants.
    • It is reckoned that emigrants sent home the equivalent of 2 billion which helped to prop up our ailing economy.
    • Without that contribution from the emigrants we could not enjoy the economic success that we have today.
    • Many of the Irish emigrants in that city are lonely and isolated and need help and support at this vulnerable time in their lives.
    • How important is ethnicity for the descendants of emigrants?
    • However in hard economic times Irish emigrants had sent remittances home to sustain their families in Ireland.
    • Many other emigrants subsequently settled in Dublin and the other major urban centres in the country.
    • Many of our emigrants, fortunately, have had positive experiences in their adopted countries.
    • Specifically, emigrants would be able to move half their money as a first stage, then half of what is left a year later.
    • It shouldn't surprise anybody that generations of emigrants have gone to other countries to find employment.
    Synonyms
    stranger, visitor, non-member, odd man out
adjectiveˈɛməɡrəntˈeməɡrənt
  • Used by emigrants.

    an emigrant ship

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Latin emigrant- ‘migrating from’, from the verb emigrare (see emigrate).

 
 
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