expatriate
/ˌeksˈpætriət/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌeksˈpeɪtriət/ (ame, ipa) · /ek-ˈspā-trē-ˌāt/ (ame, mw) · /ekˈspæt.ri.ət/ (bre, ipa) · /ekˈspeɪ.tri.ət/ (ame, ipa) · /ekˈspæt.ri.eɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ekˈspeɪ.tri.eɪt/ (ame, ipa)
expatriate — 名詞
- expatriatesingular
- expatriatesplural
1. a person who has made a home in a country other than the one they come from
僑民
長住在母國以外的人
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.
Renata 在里斯本的語言交換活動上認識了其他僑民。
Chidi has lived as an expatriate in Dubai for six years.
Chidi 已經在杜拜當了六年的僑民。
pattern: live as an expatriate in + place
Mira interviewed British expatriates who planned to retire in Spain.
Mira 採訪了計畫在西班牙退休的英國僑民。
Local cafes often offer discounts to expatriates during weekday lunches.
當地咖啡館平日午餐時段常提供僑民折扣。
The magazine published a guide for young expatriates working in Seoul.
那本雜誌出版了一本給在首爾工作的年輕僑民看的指南。
- 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 — 形容詞
- expatriatepositive
- more expatriatecomparative
- most expatriatesuperlative
1. describes people who are settled outside their home country, or things connected
旅外的
與長期住在海外的人或生活有關的
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.
公司在港口附近為旅外員工興建了宿舍。
collocation: expatriate staff
The club helps expatriate families find local doctors and teachers.
這家俱樂部幫助旅外家庭找到當地的醫生和老師。
Mira missed the food fairs and festivals of expatriate life in Singapore.
Mira 很想念在新加坡旅外生活中的美食市集和節慶。
Anjali writes a newsletter for the city's expatriate business community.
Anjali 為該市的旅外商務社群撰寫電子報。
- 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 — 動詞
- 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
移居；放逐
移往他國定居；也可指被逼離開祖國
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.
Yuna 在醫學院畢業後移居加拿大。
pattern: expatriate oneself to + place
The war expatriated thousands of families who could not return home.
那場戰爭迫使成千上萬個家庭移居海外，無法回家。
causative use: an event drives people abroad
The regime expatriated two reporters after they criticised the president on air.
那個政權在兩名記者批評總統後把他們放逐出境。
Kian chose to expatriate to Melbourne before his first child started school.
Kian 選擇在第一個孩子入學前移居墨爾本。
After Bilal expatriated to Chile, he missed Friday dinners with his parents.
Bilal 移居智利後，很想念每週五和父母一起吃晚餐。
- 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
匯出資金
把資金從一國轉到另一國
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.
那家公司在稅務爭議結束前無法把利潤匯出國外。
collocation: expatriate profits
New rules limit how quickly foreign banks can expatriate funds.
新規定限制外國銀行能多快把資金匯出境外。
The court allowed the charity to expatriate donations to its Kenyan clinic.
法院允許該慈善機構把捐款匯往它在肯亞的診所。
Investors rushed to expatriate their earnings before the currency fell further.
投資人趕在貨幣進一步下跌前把收益匯出。
- 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.