Expatriate



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.驱逐出国; 脱离国籍
• ［英］ v.驱逐出国 ( to banish; exile) ; 脱离国籍 ( to withdraw from residence in one's native country)
• ［记］ ex+patri ( 父亲, 国家) +ate -> 驱逐出国
• ［同］ 同根词: patriotism ( 爱国主义) ; patricide ( 杀父)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (-ated; -ating)

• Etymology: Medieval Latin expatriatus, past participle of expatriare to leave one's own country, from Latin ex- + patria native country, from feminine of patrius of a father, from patr-, pater father — more at father
• Date: 1768
• transitive verb
  • 1. banish, exile
  • 2. to withdraw (oneself) from residence in or allegiance to one's native country
• intransitive verb
  • to leave one's native country to live elsewhere; also to renounce allegiance to one's native country
• ? expatriate noun
• ? expatriation noun

II. adjective

• Date: 1812
• living in a foreign land

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