deportee

IPA/ˌdiːpɔːˈtiː/
KK[dˌipɔrtˈi]IPA/ˌdiːpɔːrˈtiː/

deportee — 名詞

  • deporteesingular
  • deporteesplural

1. someone who a government forces to leave a country, either because they lack leg

1.名詞B2
釋義

被遣返者

遭政府下令強制離開該國的人

someone who a government forces to leave a country, either because they lack legal permission to stay or because a court has ordered their removal

例句

Tamar was listed as a deportee after her student visa expired.

Tamar 因學生簽證過期而被列為被遣返者。

passive: be listed as a deportee

The deportee waited in a small room at the airport for seven hours.

那名被遣返者在機場的小房間裡等了七個小時。

同義詞
  • exile

    an exile may leave voluntarily or for political reasons, not necessarily by a legal deportation order

  • expelled person

    more general; can refer to removal from a school or organisation, not only from a country

反義詞
  • asylum seeker

    someone asking to enter and stay in a country for protection, the opposite situation

常見錯誤

The deportee fled the war and crossed the border at night.
The refugee fled the war and crossed the border at night.
💡A deportee is forced out by a government; a refugee chooses to flee from danger.