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

• There are many expat housing compounds in JinQiao.
  有许多外籍人士的住房化合物金桥。
• 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。
• For an expat, this is bliss.
  对于像我这样的外籍人士来说，这是一种幸福。
• The end of this month is expected to accelerate the departures among two of the largest white-collar expat communities, Britons and Indians, as it signals the end of the Indian school year and British schools 'spring term.
  本月底是印度学校学年和英国学校春季学期结束的时候，预计两大外籍白领群体英国人和印度人届时离开迪拜的速度将会加快。
• I'm a typical spoilt expat and eat out most evenings.
  我是典型的被宠坏的外国人，大多数时间晚餐都是下馆子。
• 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。
• 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。
• This XML parsing class is based on PHP's bundled expat and supports two basic modes of operation: func and event.
  该XML解析类以PHP捆绑的expat为基础，支持两种基本的操作模式：函数和事件。
• Other companies have been quietly increasing the benefits they offer to expat staff but Panasonic is the first publicly to acknowledge the problem.
  其他公司最近都在悄悄提高驻华外籍人员的福利，但松下是第一家公开承认这一问题的公司。
• 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。