em·i·grate
verb/ˈemɪɡreɪt/
/ˈemɪɡreɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they emigrate | /ˈemɪɡreɪt/ /ˈemɪɡreɪt/ |
| he / she / it emigrates | /ˈemɪɡreɪts/ /ˈemɪɡreɪts/ |
| past simple emigrated | /ˈemɪɡreɪtɪd/ /ˈemɪɡreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle emigrated | /ˈemɪɡreɪtɪd/ /ˈemɪɡreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form emigrating | /ˈemɪɡreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈemɪɡreɪtɪŋ/ |
- emigrate (from…) (to…) to leave your own country to go and live permanently in another country
移居国外；移民 - The family left Czechoslovakia in 1968 and emigrated to America.
1968 年，一家人离开捷克斯洛伐克移民到美国。 - Many people who emigrated experienced poverty and racism when they arrived.
许多移民在抵达时都经历了贫困和种族主义。 - My grandparents emigrated from Vietnam to the US in the 1980s.
我的祖父母在20世纪80年代从越南移民到了美国。
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin emigrat- ‘emigrated’, from the verb emigrare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + migrare ‘migrate’. - The family left Czechoslovakia in 1968 and emigrated to America.