naturalisation

IPA/ˌnætʃ.ər.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
IPA/ˌnætʃ.ɚ.rə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/

naturalisation — 名詞

1. The official legal process by which someone who has been living in a foreign cou

1.名詞B2
釋義

歸化；入籍

外國人取得他國公民身分的法律程序

The official legal process by which someone who has been living in a foreign country becomes a full citizen of that country.

例句

Heloísa completed her naturalisation paperwork five years after moving to Canada.

Heloísa 在移居加拿大五年後完成了她的歸化申請文件。

pre-modifier: naturalisation + noun (paperwork, application, process)

The judge swore in thirty new citizens at the naturalisation ceremony on Saturday.

法官在星期六的歸化典禮上為三十名新公民宣誓。

collocation: naturalisation ceremony

常見搭配
  • apply for naturalisation
  • grant naturalisation
  • receive naturalisation
  • naturalisation process
  • naturalisation application
  • naturalisation certificate
  • naturalisation ceremony
  • requirements for naturalisation
同義詞
  • citizenship

    refers to the status itself rather than the legal process of acquiring it

  • nationalisation

    easily confused but unrelated — nationalisation means a government taking control of a private company

反義詞

文法句型

naturalisation + noun (application, process, ceremony)

apply for / grant / receive naturalisation

用法筆記

Uncountable — you cannot say 'a naturalisation' on its own. Use 'a naturalisation process' or 'an application for naturalisation'. Common with verbs like 'apply for', 'grant', 'receive', 'complete'.

常見錯誤

She got a naturalisation.
She got naturalisation through the official process.
naturalisation is uncountable; avoid using it with 'a' alone.
He naturalised his citizenship.
He went through naturalisation to become a citizen.
naturalisation is the process itself, not something you do to citizenship.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

常用片語

  • apply for naturalisation
  • grant naturalisation
  • receive naturalisation
  • undergo naturalisation
  • the naturalisation of immigrants

介系詞搭配

  • naturalisation of [person]
  • naturalisation in [country]
  • application for naturalisation