: a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
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: a plant or animal that becomes established in an area where it was previously unknown
immigrantadjective
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immigrant or emigrant?
Both of these words come from the Latin migrare (“to move from one place to another”), and both have definitions in English that hew closely to their etymological roots, but there is a definite difference between how you would use each one. Emigrant is used in reference to the country that has been left (“an emigrant from Canada”), while immigrant is used in reference the country that one is destined for (“an immigrant to Spain”).
Millions of immigrants came to America from Europe in the 19th century. The city has a large immigrant population.
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ADJECTIVE | ... OF IMMIGRANTS | VERB + IMMIGRANT | IMMIGRANT + VERB | IMMIGRANT + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤illegal非法移民➤undocumented (especially NAmE) 無證移民◇the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in California居住在加利福尼亞的 1,100 萬無證移民➤legal合法移民◇the number of legal immigrants to the US移居美國的合法移民數量➤foreign外國移民▸➤Hispanic, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Mexican, etc.西班牙、愛爾蘭、意大利、猶太人、墨西哥等移民▸➤newly arrived, recent, recently arrived新到的/最近的/最近到達的移民▸➤would-be想移民的人▸➤first-generation, second-generation第一代/第二代移民◇Like many first-generation immigrants, they worked hard and saved most of their earnings.和許多第一代移民一樣,他們辛苦工作並把賺到的錢大部份都存起來。➤working-class勞動階層移民◇These were working-class immigrants, mainly from rural parts of Mexico.這些移民都是勞動階層,主要來自墨西哥鄉村地區。➤poor貧窮的移民◇poor immigrants from Latin American countries來自拉丁美洲國家的貧困移民➤skilled有技術的移民◇The government is eager to attract skilled immigrants.政府渴望吸引有一技之長的移民。➤unskilled無技術的移民... OF IMMIGRANTS➤flood, influx, tide, wave一波移民潮VERB + IMMIGRANT➤accept, welcome接受/歡迎移民➤attract, draw, encourage吸引移民;鼓勵移民◇These factors attracted new immigrants.這些因素吸引了新的移民。➤bring, smuggle帶來移民;偷運移民◇boats bringing illegal immigrants over from North Africa從北部非洲運來非法移民的船隻➤assimilate (especially NAmE) 同化移民◇a careful mechanism for assimilating immigrants同化移民的周密機制➤employ, hire雇用移民◇Businesses may want to hire skilled immigrants.有公司可能希望雇用有技術的移民。➤assist, help幫助移民➤detain扣留移民◇the circumstances under which immigrants were detained移民遭受扣押的情形➤target瞄準移民◇anti-terrorist legislation that targeted immigrants針對移民的反恐立法➤deport, return驅逐移民出境;遣返移民◇ships laden with would-be immigrants who were forcibly returned載滿被強制遣返的移民未果者的船隻➤exclude排斥移民◇a law designed to exclude Chinese immigrants一項意在排除華人移民的法律IMMIGRANT + VERB➤arrive, enter sth, move to sth, pour into sth, settle sth移民到達/進入⋯/移往⋯/湧入⋯/定居⋯◇immigrants seeking to enter the country試圖進入該國的移民◇the immigrants who poured into America湧入美國的移民➤come from sth移民來自⋯➤flee sth移民逃離⋯◇European immigrants fleeing Nazism in the 1930s20 世紀 30 年代逃避納粹迫害的歐洲移民➤live in sth, settle in sth移民居住在⋯/定居在⋯◇a family of Turkish immigrants living in California居住在加利福尼亞的一家土耳其移民◇European immigrants settled much of Australia.澳大利亞多數地區都有歐洲移民定居。➤work移民工作◇a young Afghan immigrant who has worked at the store for years在這家商店工作了數年的年輕阿富汗移民➤found sth移民建立⋯◇The company was founded by two immigrants from Bangladesh.這家公司是兩名孟加拉移民創建的。➤speak sth移民講⋯◇recent immigrants who do not speak English不會說英語的新來移民➤seek sth移民尋求⋯◇Mexican immigrants seeking farm work尋找農場工作機會的墨西哥移民➤experience sth移民經受⋯➤face sth移民面臨⋯◇the issues faced by Dominican immigrants多米尼加移民面臨的問題➤assimilate移民同化◇Italian immigrants assimilated easily into Brazilian society.意大利移民輕鬆地融入了巴西社會。IMMIGRANT + NOUN➤community, family, generation, group, minority, population移民社區/家庭/一代/團體/少數民族/人口▸➤labourer/laborer, student, worker移民勞工/學生/工人▸➤labour/labor移民勞動力➤neighbourhood/neighborhood移民聚居社區➤status移民身分◇They are trying to secure immigrant status for their families.他們正在爭取保住家庭的移民身分。➤experience移民經歷◇different aspects of the immigrant experience移民經歷的方方面面➤rights移民權利➤culture, identity移民文化/身分PREPOSITION➤immigrant from來自⋯的移民▸➤immigrant to移居⋯的移民◇She was the daughter of Chinese immigrants to America.她父母是移居美國的中國僑民。