| 英语单词 | emigration |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌemɪ'ɡreɪʃn] 美 [ˌemɪ'ɡreɪʃn] |
| 中文释义 | n.移民 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Increase in population made emigration necessary. (2) Emigration had carried to its shores shoals of men and women. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 人口的增加使向外移民成为必要。 (2) 移民使成群结队的男男女女来到了它的海岸。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Emigration is when a person leaves his or her home country to live in another country indefinitely. |
| vocabulary扩展 | First used in the 1640s, the noun emigration derives from the Late Latin word emigrationem, meaning "removal from a place." Emigration often happens when people leave their native country to seek a better life in another country. For example, maybe your great-grandparents left Ireland to settle in Albany, NY, where they worked for the railroad. Remember that emigration refers to leaving a country. Immigration refers to entering a new country. |
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