单词 | immigrate |
释义 | immigrate (once / 641 pages) v When a person immigrates, he or she moves to a new country. During the great wave of immigration between 1880 and 1924, over 25 million Europeans immigrated to the United States. Many immigrants make significant contributions to their adopted countries. Consider Albert Einstein, the greatest physicist of the twentieth century, who immigrated to America from Germany, or the Russian-born New Yorker Irving Berlin, who wrote some of the most popular songs in the American songbook, including “White Christmas” and “God Bless America." The word immigrate comes from the Latin imigrare, which means “to move in.” WORD FAMILYimmigrate: immigrated, immigrates, immigrating, immigration+/immigration: immigrations USAGE EXAMPLESOne of the founders of the lab was born and trained in China before immigrating to the United States. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Felly Cervantes, 53, attended her first Rose Parade in 1990, just months after immigrating to California from Mexico. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Wong was born in China before immigrating to the Bay Area at age 9. Reuters(Dec 31, 2016) 1v come into a new country and change residency Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century Ant|Hyper emigrate leave one's country of residence for a new one migrate, transmigrate move from one country or region to another and settle there 2v migrate to a new environment only few plants can immigrate to the island Hyper migrate, transmigrate move from one country or region to another and settle there 3v introduce or send as immigrants Britain immigrated many colonists to America Hyper bring in, introduce bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment |
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