expatriate
expatriate — noun
- expatriatesingular
- expatriatesplural
1. a person who has made a home in a country other than the one they come from
a person who has made a home in a country other than the one they come from
Renata met other expatriates at a language exchange in Lisbon.
Chidi has lived as an expatriate in Dubai for six years.
pattern: live as an expatriate in + place
Mira interviewed British expatriates who planned to retire in Spain.
Local cafes often offer discounts to expatriates during weekday lunches.
The magazine published a guide for young expatriates working in Seoul.
- repatriate
someone who has returned to their own country after living abroad
文法句型
live as an expatriate in + place
expatriate + in + place
用法筆記
This noun is often chosen when the speaker is looking at life abroad from the person's original country or social background. In everyday use, it often suggests a settled life overseas rather than a short work trip.
常見錯誤
expatriate — adjective
- expatriatepositive
- more expatriatecomparative
- most expatriatesuperlative
1. describes people who are settled outside their home country, or things connected
describes people who are settled outside their home country, or things connected with that life abroad
The company built housing for expatriate staff near the port.
collocation: expatriate staff
The club helps expatriate families find local doctors and teachers.
Mira missed the food fairs and festivals of expatriate life in Singapore.
Anjali writes a newsletter for the city's expatriate business community.
- overseas
broader and more neutral, often about location rather than identity
- foreign-based
more businesslike and less personal
- out-of-country
descriptive phrase rather than a usual dictionary synonym
- domestic
connected with the home country rather than life abroad
- home-based
working or living in one's usual country or base
文法句型
expatriate + staff/community/family/life
用法筆記
This adjective is mainly used before nouns such as 'staff', 'family', 'community', and 'life'. It usually refers to people living abroad for an extended period, not to visitors on a brief stay.
常見錯誤
expatriate — verb
- expatriatepresent simple I / you / we / they
- expatriates3rd person singular
- expatriating-ing form
- expatriatedpast simple
1. to go and live in another country, or to force someone to leave their own countr
to go and live in another country, or to force someone to leave their own country and settle elsewhere
Yuna expatriated herself to Canada after finishing medical school.
pattern: expatriate oneself to + place
The war expatriated thousands of families who could not return home.
causative use: an event drives people abroad
The regime expatriated two reporters after they criticised the president on air.
Kian chose to expatriate to Melbourne before his first child started school.
After Bilal expatriated to Chile, he missed Friday dinners with his parents.
- emigrate
common neutral verb for leaving one's country to live elsewhere
- relocate abroad
more modern and practical, with less political tone
- exile
stronger and more often forced than the voluntary use of 'expatriate'
- repatriate
to return someone to their own country or bring oneself back home
- return home
plain opposite for coming back to one's own country
文法句型
expatriate oneself to + place
expatriate + object + to + place
be expatriated by + force/event
用法筆記
In modern everyday writing, this verb is more often used for someone choosing to live abroad than for official exile. The transitive use is more formal and often appears in political or historical contexts where a person or event drives others out.
常見錯誤
2. to transfer money from one country so that it ends up in another country
to transfer money from one country so that it ends up in another country
The company could not expatriate profits until the tax dispute ended.
collocation: expatriate profits
New rules limit how quickly foreign banks can expatriate funds.
The court allowed the charity to expatriate donations to its Kenyan clinic.
Investors rushed to expatriate their earnings before the currency fell further.
- remit
formal finance verb for sending money to another place
- transfer abroad
plain business wording with less technical flavour
- move offshore
often implies shifting money to another jurisdiction
- repatriate profits
to bring profits back into the home country or parent company base
文法句型
expatriate + profits/funds/capital + to + place
用法筆記
This sense appears mainly in finance, tax, and business writing. The object is usually money words such as 'profits', 'funds', 'capital', or 'earnings', and the meaning focuses on moving the money out of one national system into another.