Thousands of refugees have fled the area. refugees began returning to their homeland after years of political unrest and war
Recent Examples on the WebThe feature is a love story set in Beirut between two migrants: Mehdia, an Ethiopian migrant domestic worker, and Ahmed, a Syrian refugee who struggles to survive by selling scrap metal. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022 Contemporary social problems are wittily defused with offbeat humor in the love story of an Ethiopian cleaner and a Syrian refugee. Alissa Simon, Variety, 2 Sep. 2022 But the single most important step in the journey of a refugee is landing a job, and yet, many of them are still struggling to do so. Gideon Maltz For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 Rekke finds his in Micaela Vargas, a 26-year-old beat cop of Chilean parentage who is part of an investigative team conferring with him regarding the murder of an Afghan-refugee soccer referee. Tom Nolan, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 The Afghan refugee is charged with three counts of murder and tampering with evidence, and police have identified him as the suspect in the killing of a fourth Muslim man.CBS News, 26 Aug. 2022 Muhammad Syed, an Afghan refugee who has been in the U.S. for five years, is suspected of killing four people between November and August. Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2022 Celt's 2018 novel is set at a girls boarding school in New Jersey in the 1920s, following a young Soviet refugee, Zoya, who is an outcast at the elite institution. Emily Burack, Town & Country, 11 Aug. 2022 Don’t exploit or mistreat the refugee, the orphan, and the widow. Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 4 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
French réfugié, past participle of (se) réfugier to take refuge, from Middle French refugier, from Latin refugium
ADJECTIVE | VERB + REFUGEE | REFUGEE + VERB | REFUGEE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤genuine真正的難民➤would-be (especially BrE) 想要取得難民身分的人◇the government's strategy in dealing with would-be refugees政府處理未來難民的策略➤former, returning以前的/返鄉的難民➤displaced, homeless (both especially NAmE) 背井離鄉的/無家可歸的難民◇A flood of displaced refugees fled west.大批背井離鄉的難民像潮水般向西邊逃難。➤economic, environmental, political, war經濟/環境/政治/戰爭難民◇Many claimed to be environmental refugees, leaving for the sake of their health.很多人都自稱是因為健康原因而離開的環境難民。➤civilian平民難民▸➤child難民兒童VERB + REFUGEE➤qualify as (especially BrE) 獲得難民資格◇Those who did not qualify as refugees were returned to their home countries.那些不符合難民資格的人被遣返回國了。➤be considered (as)被視為難民◇They should be considered economic refugees.他們應該被視為經濟難民。➤accept, repatriate, resettle, take, take in接收難民;遣返難民;重新安置難民;收留難民◇The government has agreed to take only 150 refugees.政府同意只收留 150 名難民。➤expel, return驅逐/遣返難民➤take back接回難民▸➤house收容難民▸➤assist, help協助/幫助難民REFUGEE + VERB➤flee sth難民逃離⋯◇refugees fleeing political persecution逃避政治迫害的避難者➤be displaced難民被迫離開家園◇refugees displaced by the civil war由於內戰而流離失所的難民➤arrive難民到來▸➤flood, flow, pour難民湧入◇Hundreds of refugees are pouring over the border.成百上千的難民湧過邊境。➤live難民居住(於)◇refugees living in camps along the border住在邊境難民營裏的人➤return難民返鄉REFUGEE + NOUN➤crisis, issue, problem, question, situation難民危機;難民問題;難民狀況▸➤flows, movement難民流動◇The refugee flows alone would be a huge upheaval.單是難民潮問題就會帶來很大的動盪。➤resettlement難民重新安置➤programme/program難民計劃▸➤status難民身分◇She has been refused refugee status.她被拒絕給予難民身分。◇He does not qualify for refugee status.他不符合難民資格。➤claim避難要求▸➤agency, group, organization, worker難民機構/團體/組織/工作者▸➤camp, centre/center難民營;難民中心◇He was born in a refugee camp.他出生於難民營。➤children, community, family, population難民兒童/社區/家庭/人口PREPOSITION➤among refugee在難民之中◇Unemployment among the refugees has risen sharply.難民失業率飆升。➤refugee from由於⋯而產生的難民◇refugees from civil wars由於內戰而產生的難民PHRASES➤a flood of refugees, a influx of refugees難民的湧動/湧入◇a new influx of refugees from the combat zone來自交戰地區的新一批難民➤the flow of refugees難民的流動▸➤the plight of refugees難民的苦境➤the return of refugees難民的遣返