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

• 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 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Most of my expat friends pulled out, he said.
  大多数外国朋友都退出了比赛，他说。
• 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。
• Like many other people on expat packages, our deal includes some accountant services.
  跟许多外派人员一样，我们也可以享受一些会计服务。