a person who has come to live permanently in a country that is not their own (外来)移民;外侨 illegal/undocumented immigrants 非法/无证件移民 - immigrant from…
immigrants from other European countries 来自其他欧洲国家的移民 - immigrant to…
immigrants to the United States 美国移民 immigrant workers/communities/groups 移民工人/社区/团体
Synonyms immigrantimmigrant- migrant
- refugee
- asylum seeker
- expatriate
- immigrant a person who has either chosen or been forced to leave their country and come to live permanently in a country that is not their own:
immigrants from other European countries 来自其他欧洲国家的移民
- migrant a person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or better living conditions:
The country has a large seasonal migrant population. 这个国家有大量季节性移民人口。
- refugee a person who has been forced to leave their country or home, because there is a war or for political, religious or social reasons:
There has been a steady flow of refugees from the war zone. 从交战地区撤出的难民源源不断。
- asylum seeker a person who has been forced to leave their own country because they are in danger and who arrives in another country asking to be allowed to stay there:
to provide accommodation and support for asylum seekers 为寻求庇护者提供住宿和支持
- expatriate a person living in a country that is not their own, usually by choice:
American expatriates in Paris 居住在巴黎的美国人
- illegal/undocumented immigrants/migrants
- economic/skilled migrants
- political refugees
Collocations Race and immigrationcompare emigrant, migrant see also digital immigrant, landed immigrantRace and immigration 种族与移民 Prejudice and racism 偏见与种族歧视 - experience/encounter racism/discrimination/prejudice/anti-semitism
经历/遭遇种族歧视/歧视/偏见/反犹太主义 - face/suffer persecution/discrimination
面临/遭受迫害/歧视 - fear/escape from/flee racial/political/religious persecution
惧怕/逃离种族/政治/宗教迫害 - constitute/be a form of racial/race discrimination
构成/是一种种族歧视 - reflect/reveal/show/have a racial/cultural bias
反映出/揭示出/表现出/具有种族/文化偏见 - be biased/be prejudiced against (especially British English) black people/(both especially North American English) people of color/African Americans/Asians/Africans/Indians, etc.
对黑人/有色人种/非裔美国人/亚洲人/非洲人/印度人等有偏见 - discriminate against minority groups/minorities
歧视少数群体/少数民族 - perpetuate/conform to/fit/defy a common/popular/traditional/negative stereotype
固守/遵从/符合/藐视普遍的/流行的/传统的/负面的模式化观念 - overcome/be blinded by deep-seated/racial/(especially North American English) race prejudice
克服根深蒂固的/种族的偏见;被根深蒂固的/种族的偏见所蒙蔽 - entrench/perpetuate racist attitudes
固守种族主义的态度 - hurl/shout (especially British English) racist abuse; (especially North American English) a racist/racial/ethnic slur
高声地进行种族污辱 - challenge/confront racism/discrimination/prejudice
拒绝接受/对抗种族主义/歧视/偏见 - combat/fight (against)/tackle blatant/overt/covert/subtle/institutional/systemic racism
打压/反对/处理公然的/公开的/隐蔽的/微妙的/制度性的种族歧视
Race and society 种族和社会 - damage/improve (especially British English) race relations
破坏/改善种族关系 - practise (racial/religious) tolerance/segregation
- bridge/break down/transcend cultural/racial barriers
消除/打破/超越文化/种族隔阂 - encourage/promote social integration
鼓励/促进社会融合 - outlaw/end discrimination/slavery/segregation
取缔/终止歧视/奴隶制/种族隔离 - promote/embrace/celebrate cultural diversity
促进/欣然接纳/颂扬文化多样性 - conform to/challenge/violate (accepted/established/prevailing/dominant) social/cultural norms
遵循/挑战/违背(公认的/确立的/盛行的/占支配地位的)社会/文化规范 - live in a multicultural society
生活在多元文化社会 - attack/criticize multiculturalism
攻击/批评多元文化主义 - fight for/struggle for/promote racial equality
为种族平等而斗争;促进种族平等 - perpetuate/reinforce economic and social inequality
延续/加剧经济和社会的不平等 - introduce/be for/be against (British English) positive discrimination/(especially North American English) affirmative action
推行/支持/反对积极性区别对待政策 - support/be active in/play a leading role in the civil rights movement
支持/积极参与/领导民权运动
Immigration 移居 - control/restrict/limit/encourage immigration
控制/限制/鼓励外来移民 - attract/draw a wave of immigrants
吸引一批外来移民 - assist/welcome refugees
援助/欣然接受难民 - house/shelter refugees and asylum seekers
安置/庇护难民和寻求政治避难者 - smuggle illegal immigrants into the UK
偷运非法移民到英国 - deport/repatriate illegal immigrants/failed asylum seekers
驱逐/遣返非法移民/寻求政治避难失败者 - assimilate/integrate new immigrants
同化/融合新移民 - employ/hire migrant workers
雇用流动工人 - exploit/rely on (cheap/illegal) immigrant labour
- apply for/gain/obtain/be granted/be denied (full) citizenship
申请/获得/准予/未准予(完全的)公民身份 - have/hold dual citizenship
持有双重国籍
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesb1Italian immigrants assimilated easily into Brazilian society. 意大利移民轻松地融入了巴西社会。 Like many first-generation immigrants, they worked hard and saved most of their earnings. 和许多第一代移民一样,他们辛苦工作并把赚到的钱大部份都存起来。 She was the daughter of Chinese immigrants to America. 她父母是移居美国的中国侨民。 The government is eager to attract skilled immigrants. 政府渴望吸引有一技之长的移民。 They are trying to secure immigrant status for their families. 他们正在争取保住家庭的移民身分。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- illegal
- undocumented
- legal
- …
- flood
- influx
- tide
- …
- accept
- welcome
- attract
- …
- arrive
- enter something
- move to something
- …
- community
- family
- generation
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- immigrant from
- immigrant to
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin immigrant- ‘immigrating’, from the verb immigrare, on the pattern of emigrant.