Word of the Day：August 23, 2021

eMigrate

移民；移居国外

verb EM-uh-grayt

What It Means

Emigrate means "to leave a country or region in order to live somewhere else."

Emigrate 的意思是“离开一个国家或地区，去其他地方生活”。

Examples

The author's family emigrated from Hungary.

作者一家从匈牙利移民来。

"Originally from Jamaica, Martin emigrated to the UK in 2002 and enrolled in an IT course at a college in East London." — The Caribbean Today, July 2021

“最初 ，Martin 是从牙买加于2002 年移民到英国，并在东伦敦的一所大学修读了 IT 课程。”

Did You Know?

Migrate, emigrate, and immigrate are all about being on the move. All those terms come from the Latin word migrare, which means "to move from one place to another." Emigrate and immigrate sound alike, and it is true that both involve leaving one location and entering another. The subtle difference between them lies in point of view: emigrate stresses leaving the original place, while immigrate focuses on entering the new one. You won't have trouble keeping them straight if you remember that the prefix e- means "away," as in eject, and the prefix im- or in- means "into," as in inject.

Migrate, emigrate, and immigrate都是关于在移动的。 所有这些术语都来自拉丁词 migrare，意思是“to move from one place to another.「从一个地方搬到另一个地方」”。 Emigrate and immigrate 听起来很相似，确实都表离开一个地方并进入另一个地方。 它们之间的微妙区别在于观点：emigrate 强调离开原来的地方，而immigrate则侧重于进入新的地方。 如果您记得前缀 e- 表示“away「离开」”（如eject 中），而前缀 im- 或 in- 表示“ into「进入」”（如inject），那么您将不会有疑问了。

Quiz

Fill in the blanks to complete a verb meaning "traverse" that's likely familiar to falconers: p e _ _ g r _ _ _ t e.

peregrinate「旅行;步行」