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

• 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 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。
• Judging by their success we are ( connoisseurs and expat Antipodeans excluded) prepared to stay in their expensive embrace.
  通过他们的成功足以判断我们（内行、外派在英的澳大利亚人和新西兰除外）准备继续留在他们昂贵的怀抱中。
• There are many different expat communities in China, ranging from students to retirees setting out on second careers.
  居住在中国的外国人有很多不同的圈子，从学生到来中国寻找职业第二春的退休老人不一而足。
• My pastor, who ministers to a largely expat parish here, told me he feared he would lose 60 percent of his congregants this summer.
  我的牧师负责这里一个主要由外籍人员构成的教区，他告诉我，他担心今年夏天自己会失去60%的教众。
• The source code does not have external dependencies except for standard libraries like BDB, OpenSSL, TCL, STL, glibc and expat.
  源代码除了像BDB，OpenSSL，TCL，STL，glibc和expat等等的标准库以外没有其它任何的外部依赖。
• Some have dipped their toes into the Chinese market by opening a shop in nearby Hong Kong or Singapore, which both have a strong expat population and infrastructure better-suited to yachting.
  有些公司已经开始试水中国市场，比如在香港或新加坡开设商店，这两个地方都有很多中国移民，而且那里的基础设施也更适合游艇。
• BP told about a hundred expat contractors this month that their contracts were being terminated with immediate effect.
  这个月，BP告诉大约100名外籍合同工，他们的合同将被终止。
• 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。
• Some of Mr So's expat colleagues speak hardly any English, which is obviously a handicap.
  苏先生的有些侨民同事几乎不会说英语，这是一个显而易见的大麻烦。