emigrate
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++em·i·grate /ˈemɪɡreɪt/ ●○○ verb [intransitive] LEAVE YOUR HOME/COUNTRYto leave your own country in order to live in another country 移居外国 → immigrateemigrate to/from He emigrated to Australia as a young man. 他年轻时移居澳大利亚。 —emigration /ˌemɪˈɡreɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
emigrate• We failed to feed a starving people, leaving millions to die or emigrate.• At the same time, several dozen applicants per month actually got permission to emigrate.• Good telecommunications links can bring them closer to western markets, giving their skilled workers less incentive to emigrate.• In order to survive, the Prophet decided to emigrate.• My parents emigrated from Britain to New Zealand just before I was born.• My grandparents emigrated from Italy.• The couple emigrated in 1987 and are back here on holiday to see friends and relatives.• Millie's brother Dennis, and his wife Joan, decided to emigrate the following year.• They later got married and emigrated to Australia in 1936.• Our son and his wife, Jenny, emigrated to Australia in 1988.• There is no need for them to emigrate to make money.• Later they emigrate to Pittsburg, but can never escape their tangled past.emigrate to/from• There is no need for them to emigrate to make money.• He came from a prosperous or at least commercially successful Lincolnshire family which emigrated to Massachusetts in 1633 and 1634.• After the arrival of the first six, the Eatons emigrated to New York and finally, in 1874, to Montreal.• Over the same period, over 400,000 immigrants have come to Britain and over a million people have emigrated to other countries.• Geographically, the selection would be limited to foreign artists who had emigrated to Paris.• Miller emigrated from the Middle West to Oregon in 1852 and drifted south to California a few years later.• When he was 20, he emigrated to the United States.• Simple forms sculpted in wood and stone were the medium favoured by Indelbaum, who emigrated from Vilnius to Paris in 1911.From Longman Business Dictionaryemigrateem‧i‧grate /ˈemɪgreɪt/ verb [intransitive] to leave your own country to live permanently in another countryAbout 8000 people emigrate from the region each year.I’m emigrating to Australia. → compare immigrate→ See Verb tableOrigin emigrate (1700-1800) Latin emigratus, past participle of emigrare, from migrare; → MIGRATEem·i·grate verbChineseSyllable
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emigrate
em‧i‧grate /ˈeməɡreɪt, ˈemɪɡreɪt/
verb [intransitive]
emigrate to/from
He emigrated to Australia as a young man.
—emigration /ˌeməˈɡreɪʃən, ˌemɪˈɡreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]
■ to leave a place
▪leave : Just as I was leaving the house, the phone rang. | We left early to avoid the traffic.
▪go especially spoken to leave somewhere: Come on, boys, it’s time to go. | When does the next bus go?
▪set off especially British English to leave somewhere and begin a journey: The following day we set off for Vienna.
▪take off if a plane takes off, it leaves the ground at the beginning of a flight: Our plane took off late because of the fog.
▪emigrate to leave your own country in order to live permanently in another country: In 2002, his family emigrated to New Zealand.
▪depart formal to leave – used especially about trains, buses, planes etc: Coaches depart for the airport every 30 minutes.
em‧i‧grate /ˈeməɡreɪt, ˈemɪɡreɪt/
verb [intransitive] Date: 1700-1800
Language: Latin
Origin: emigratus, past participle of emigrare, from migrare; ⇨ migrate
to leave your own country in order to live in another country ⇨ immigrateLanguage: Latin
Origin: emigratus, past participle of emigrare, from migrare; ⇨ migrate
emigrate to/from
—emigration /ˌeməˈɡreɪʃən, ˌemɪˈɡreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]
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