expatriates

英 [ɛksˈpætrɪeɪts]

美 [ɛkˈspeɪtriˌeɪts]

n.  居住在国外的人; 侨民
expatriate的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 移居国外者;侨民
  Anexpatriateis someone who is living in a country which is not their own.
  1. ...British expatriates in Spain.
     在西班牙的英国侨民
  2. Expatriateis also an adjective.
     
  3. The French military is preparing to evacuate women and children of expatriate families.
     法国军方正准备撤离侨民家庭的妇女儿童。

双语例句

• Expatriates have started businesses in all sorts of sectors, including retail, construction and hospitality.
  在香港的法国人在零售、建筑和餐饮等各行各业开办了企业。
• Conflict between work and family is the problem faced by enterprises together with expatriates, and the conflict endangers the development of enterprises and individual employees.
  来自工作与家庭的冲突成为企业和外派员工共同面对的难题，且已危及企业和员工个人的发展。
• The new Chinese expatriates are different.
  这些新的中国侨民是不同于以往的。
• They are a group of expatriates who share similar living conditions.
  他们是一群生活条件相似的，长期居住海外的外派人员。
• Us expatriates are adding flavours to the melting pot.
  海外美国人正为这个大熔炉增添了新的气息。
• Such conflicts arise not only between headquarters and local managers in the subsidiaries, but also between headquarters and expatriates from the home country nationality.
  这样冲突出现不仅出现在总部和辅助者的当地经理之间，也同样发生在海外总部和母国总部之间。
• The White House petition quickly drew comments from Chinese citizens and expatriates.
  白宫请愿迅速吸引了海内外华人前来评论。
• A Reflection of Identification of the Nationality of Overseas Chinese Residents; Most of the expatriates were home again.
  对移居国外华人国籍认定问题的思考这时候大部分留居在外的人都返回国内了。
• The expatriates are foreigners living and working in China for a time.
  外派人员是指暂时在中国生活工作的外国人。
• My mother was born in China near Shanghai among a small community of Korean expatriates.
  我的母亲出生在中国上海附近的一个韩国侨民居住的小社区。