émigré

/ˈem.ɪ.ɡreɪ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈem.ɪ.ɡreɪ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈe-mi-ˌgrā ˌe-mi-ˈgrā/ (ame, mw)

émigré — noun

  • émigrésingular
  • émigrésplural

1. a person who now lives in another country after being pushed out of their homela

1.名詞C1
釋義

a person who now lives in another country after being pushed out of their homeland, often because of politics, and is not likely to return

例句

After the army took power, Mateo lived as an émigré in Mexico City.

pattern: live as an émigré in [place]

The museum opened a show about Russian émigrés who rebuilt their lives in Paris.

collocation: Russian émigrés

同義詞
  • emigrant

    A broader and more neutral word for someone leaving one country to live in another; it does not usually suggest political exile.

  • exile

    Puts stronger focus on being forced out or kept away from home, and can describe both the person and the state of banishment.

  • refugee

    Stresses flight from war or persecution and often carries a legal protection meaning; émigré is more literary and historical.

文法句型

an émigré

émigré from + [country]

live as an émigré in + [place]

用法筆記

Common in historical, literary, and political writing, especially when the break from home feels lasting or forced. Distinguish it from emigrant, which is a broader and more neutral word for someone who leaves one country to settle in another.

常見錯誤

❌She became an émigré when she moved to Toronto for a better job.
✅She became an emigrant when she moved to Toronto for a better job.
💡Émigré usually suggests political pressure or exile, not an ordinary move for work.
❌The paper interviewed an immigrant from Cuba living in Madrid.
✅The paper interviewed a Cuban émigré living in Madrid.
💡Immigrant describes arrival from the new country's point of view; émigré stresses the person's break from the home country.