immigrate是什么意思？

immigrate

英[ˈɪmɪgreɪt] 美[ˈɪmɪˌɡret]

• vi. 移入；
• vt. 移民，移居外国，迁移；

第三人称单数：immigrates;

过去式：immigrated;

过去分词：immigrated;

现在分词：immigrating;

例句

• European families emigrating from their homelands were encouraged to immigrate into Australia after World War II. 二战以后欧洲移出原籍的家庭被鼓励移居澳大利亚.
• Only few plants can immigrate to the island. 只有很少的植物能够移植到这座岛上.
• When did the Greeks immigrate to australia? 希腊人是什么时候移居到澳大利亚的?
• He decided to immigrate to Australia to find work. 他决定移居到澳大利亚找个工作.

同义词

• vi.
  immigrate的同义词之：移入;进入
  enter, come, into,
• immigrate的同义词之：其他释义
  into, migrate, enter, come,

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词均有"移居，迁移" 的意思
  emigrate：指自本国移出，长期定居在外。
  immigrate：指自他国移入，长期定居。
  migrate：通常指大批人短期或定期的移居。指动物时，则指定期迁徙、回游。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  (从外国)移居;作为移民定居
  If someone immigrates to a particular country, they come to live or work in that country, after leaving the country where they were born.
  例句
  ...a Russian-born professor who had immigrated to the United States... 一位生于俄罗斯、后移民到美国的教授 He immigrated from Ulster in 1848... 他 1848 年从阿尔斯特移民到这里。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. migrate to a new environment;
  "only few plants can immigrate to the island"
  2. introduce or send as immigrants;
  "Britain immigrated many colonists to America"
  3. come into a new country and change residency;
  "Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century"