expat

英 [ˌeksˈpæt]

美 [ˌeksˈpæt]

n.  同 expatriate

复数：expats　

BNC.40627 / COCA.28382

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 同 expatriate
  Anexpatis the same as anexpatriate.
  1. ...exclusive country clubs for British expats.
     专门招待英国侨民的乡间俱乐部

英英释义

noun

• a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  1. American expatriates
  Synonym:exileexpatriate

双语例句

• The temptation to do so is particularly powerful for expat Canadians like me, because we have Canada Day on July 1 as an added excuse.
  对像我这样的加拿大外国人来说，这么做尤其具有诱惑力，因为我们还有个理由，7月1日是加拿大国庆日。
• Some of Mr So's expat colleagues speak hardly any English, which is obviously a handicap.
  苏先生的有些侨民同事几乎不会说英语，这是一个显而易见的***烦。
• Many teachers and other employees who work for Walton school tend to be stable, and the school has an excellent reputation among the expat community in Kaohsiung.
  许多在华顿工作的教师和员工都很稳定，学校在高雄外籍人士中也有良好的声誉。
• The best-known Google expat is likely Sheryl Sandberg.
  离开谷歌的人士中，最有名气的或许是谢丽尔•桑德伯格。
• Most of my expat friends pulled out, he said.
  大多数外国朋友都退出了比赛，他说。
• There are many expat housing compounds in JinQiao.
  有许多外籍人士的住房化合物金桥。
• I had the vague idea that I could now vote electronically, but in fact no expat can do so.
  我还隐约知道我现在可以进行电子投票，但实际上还没有哪个海外美国人能这么做。
• Perhaps becoming an expat was easier because I've long felt like something of an immigrant.
  也许旅居国外更轻松一些吧，因为我在新泽西一直觉得自己有点像移民。
• The source code does not have external dependencies except for standard libraries like BDB, OpenSSL, TCL, STL, glibc and expat.
  源代码除了像BDB，OpenSSL，TCL，STL，glibc和expat等等的标准库以外没有其它任何的外部依赖。
• I never expected that I would later work with her on translating her book Dazzling Dalian – Expat Haven.
  那时的我从未想过有一天自己会成为她的新书《梦幻大连&外国友人的天堂》的翻译。