emigre
英 [ˈem.ɪ.ɡreɪ]
美 [ˈem.ɪ.ɡreɪ]
- n. 流亡者;移居者(尤指因政治因素而移居外国者)
emigre 流亡者e-, 向外。-migr, 迁徙,移动,词源同move, migrate.此处用于政治术语,指流亡者。
- emigre (n.)
- 1792, from French émigré "an emigrant," noun use of past participle of émigrer "emigrate" (18c.), from Latin emigrare "depart from a place" (see emigration). Originally used of royalist refugees from the French Revolution; extended 1920s to refugees from the Russian Revolution, then generally to political exiles.
ÉMIGRÉS Earned their livelihood by giving guitar lessons and mixing salads.
[Flaubert, "Dictionary of Received Ideas"]