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migrant

/mahy-gruhnt/US // ˈmaɪ grənt //UK // (ˈmaɪɡrənt) //

移徙者,移民,流动人口,移徙

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : migrating, especially of people; migratory.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or animal that migrates.
    • : a person who attempts to permanently relocate to a new country, but who may be subject to removal by the government of that country: undocumented migrants;unaccompanied child migrants.Compare immigrant.
    • : Also called migrant worker. a person who moves from place to place to get work, especially a farm laborer who harvests crops seasonally.

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Examples

  • That phrase later became shorthand for nasty statements about refugees and other migrants.

  • So unless you’re in a specific group, like migrant workers or refugees or Palestinians in the occupied territories, you’re insured, and you’re part of the system.

  • This comes just before the Lunar New Year festivities, when migrant workers all over China expect to head home to celebrate the holiday with their families.

  • As we saw with the migrant workers, the year 2020 impacted India’s most vulnerable severely.

  • It has since grown from an international focus to include assistance for migrants along the southern border of the United States.

  • Dehydrated and feeling weary, Marino lay down beside another migrant under a tree and fell asleep.

  • With the help of a Jamaican migrant worker, he returns to his homeland to find his father.

  • The actor transformed from a sensual Marilyn Monroe to a whimsical Salvador Dali to a starving migrant mother, seamlessly.

  • While migrant ship tragedies at sea happen all too often, the latest sinking appears to have been no accident.

  • “GNRD has zealously fought to eliminate abuse of Nepalese migrant workers in Qatar,” the organization said in a statement.

  • Common migrant; breeds in the North; a few may winter in the State.

  • Migrant; rare, if not accidental; only one specimen, and that a female.

  • Migrant; occasionally winter resident; not known to breed in State.

  • Rare migrant; range extends only to foothills; no record of its breeding.

  • Common migrant; occurs from the plains to the great height of 13,000 feet.