emigrate

emigrate

英 ['emɪgreɪt]
　　美 ['ɛmɪɡret]

vi. 移居；移居外國
　　vt. 移民

中文詞源：

emigrate 移民

e-, 向外。-migr, 遷徙，移動，詞源同move, migrate.

例句：

1. The men emigrate to work as seamen.
男人們移居國外當海員。

2. Economists warn that enormous pressures could build up, forcing people to emigrate westwards.
經濟學傢警告，迫使人們向西部遷移的壓力可能會增至很大的程度。

3. Everybody was flabbergasted when I announced I was going to emigrate to Australia.
我宣佈要移民去澳大利亞時，所有人都驚呆瞭。

4. Political changes in eastern Europe opened the floodgates to thousands of people who wished to emigrate.
東歐的政治劇變打開瞭移民的泄洪閘,成千上萬的人急於移民他國.

5. The family decided to shake the dust off their feet and emigrate to Australia.
這一傢人憤然離開,移居澳洲.