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。
• Doctors at private hospitals that mostly treat expat patients tell a similar story.
  在主要治疗外籍病人的民营医院，医生们讲述了与此类似的故事。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。