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

• 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。
• We excel at providing high-touch, residential relocation and home search services for incoming and existing expat staff.
  我们在为潜在和现存外籍企业员工提供高端住宅安置服务和房屋搜索服务方面非常优秀。
• 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。
• Born in Shanghai, now German, working as expat in Nanjing for a multi-national company.
  德国籍上海出生华人，现在跨国外资企业南京分公司作为外派高级管理人员工作。
• Most of my expat friends pulled out, he said.
  大多数外国朋友都退出了比赛，他说。
• Expat life often turns into a test of survival skills.
  海外生活常常会变成一次生存技巧大考验。
• 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。
• The good news is that expat compiles cleanly on most Unix systems, so installation shouldn't be too difficult.
  一个好的消息是，在大部分Unix系统上expat可以干净利落地编译，所以安装不应该太困难。
• 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。