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expat

/eks-peyt/US // ɛksˈpeɪt //UK // (ˌɛksˈpæt) //

外籍人士,侨民,外地人,外国人

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : an expatriate: a favorite hangout for expats.

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Examples

  • If I am an expat looking for health insurance in China, at least I know I am in the right place but I don’t immediately have a reason to choose you.

  • Some of the area’s larger expat groups haven’t decided if they’re holding events, while others are being cautious.

  • Facebook groups and other forums dedicated to roaming expats have spread the news, with people asking others for advice as many choose to make the leap to a new country.

  • After all, a number of countries, from Thailand to Mexico, have a long history of courting expats with traveler-friendly policies.

  • Local press reports suggest many of those affected were expats — who may have been unaware of their labor rights under Dutch law.

  • Expat bankers are definitely into the drugs/hooker scene, and Wan Chai is the very epicenter,” he told The Daily Beast.

  • Two decades on from his masterpiece on anti-Americanism abroad, Whit Stillman remains obsessed with native-expat dynamics.

  • In most African expat communities, everyone knows or has heard of each other.

  • Whispers of their supposed affair were a common among the expat set.

  • Many have taken jobs and some have even integrated into the expat social circles in Rome and Milan.