emigre

['emigrei]
  • n. 流亡者;移居者(尤指因政治因素而移居外國者)

詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?emigres;

中文詞源


emigre 流亡者

e-, 向外。-migr, 遷徙,移動,詞源同move, migrate.此處用于政治術(shù)語,指流亡者。

英文詞源


emigre (n.)
1792, from French émigré "an emigrant," noun use of past participle of émigrer "emigrate" (18c.), from Latin emigrare "depart from a place" (see emigration). Originally used of royalist refugees from the French Revolution; extended 1920s to refugees from the Russian Revolution, then generally to political exiles.
éMIGRéS Earned their livelihood by giving guitar lessons and mixing salads.
[Flaubert, "Dictionary of Received Ideas"]