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

• At least the Julius Baer comparisons afford some consolation for wealthy expatriates in Hong Kong.
  至少，宝盛的这一比较让香港的富有外派员工感到些许安慰。
• 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。
• Some 80 per cent of sales during the first few years came from expatriates and the diplomatic community.
  在最初几年，约80%的销售额来自在中国的外国人和各国驻华人员。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In former colonial countries many people with such skills also needed to replace departing expatriates.
  在原殖民地国家中，也需要许多有这种技术的人去接替那些大批离去的外国人。
• The new Chinese expatriates are different.
  这些新的中国侨民是不同于以往的。
• As a policy, he refuses to recruit expensive expatriates to run local field offices.
  他不会招募昂贵的派驻人员去管理地方办事处，这是该组织的一项政策。
• 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。