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

• 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。
• We excel at providing high-touch, residential relocation and home search services for incoming and existing expat staff.
  我们在为潜在和现存外籍企业员工提供高端住宅安置服务和房屋搜索服务方面非常优秀。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。