单词 | repatriate |
释义 | repatriate —repatriable /ree pay"tree euh beuhl/ or, esp. Brit., /-pa"-/, adj. —repatriation, n. v. /ree pay"tree ayt'/ or, esp. Brit., /-pa"-/; n. /ree pay"tree it/ or, esp. Brit., /-pa"-/, v.t., repatriated, repatriating, n. v.t. 1. to bring or send back (a person, esp. a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship. 2. (of profits or other assets) to send back to one's own country. v.i. 3. to return to one's own country: to repatriate after 20 years abroad. n. 4. a person who has been repatriated. [1605-15; < LL repatriatus (ptp. of repatriare to return to one's fatherland), equiv. to L re- RE- + patri(a) native country (n. use of fem. of patrius paternal, deriv. of pater FATHER) + -atus -ATE1] |
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