喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˌrefjəˈdʒiː/ · /ˌrefjʊˈdʒiː/難民

    someone who has had to leave their own country and go to another one to be safe, especially because there is a war there, or because of what they believe about or religion.

    示範例句 · Example

    Our teacher said that a refugee is someone who had to leave their own country to be safe.

    逐字我們的老師說，一個難民是必須離開他們自己的國家以便安全的人。

    refugee 指「因為家鄉不安全，不得不離開自己的國家、到別的地方找安全」的人；重點在「不得不」——不是自己想去別的國家生活。可以想成它是從 refuge（避難的地方、安全的落腳處）長出來的字，字尾 -ee 常常指「被…的那個人」（像 employee 受僱的人、trainee 受訓的人），所以 refugee 就是「去避難的那個人」。同樣是到了別的國家，immigrant 是為了長住而搬過去的人，refugee 是因為留下來不安全而離開的人。

    常見搭配

    • a refugee camp

      難民營

      a place with tents or simple homes where refugees stay

      The charity sends books and school bags to children in the refugee camp.

    • a political refugee

      政治難民

      someone who left their country because of their political beliefs

      Britain has long been a safe place for political refugees.

    • a refugee from somewhere

      來自某地的難民

      a refugee who came from a particular place

      Most of the refugees from that region have now gone home.

    • take in refugees

      收容難民

      to let refugees come and live in your country or home

      Several towns offered to take in refugees and help them settle.

    • welcome refugees

      歡迎難民

      to make refugees feel glad they have come

      The whole school made cards to welcome the refugee children.

    意思相近

    asylum seekerdisplaced personexileevacuee

core核心畫面

Think of a person who did not choose to move but had to: home became unsafe — war, or danger because of what they believe about or religion — so they crossed a border looking for somewhere safe. The word carries that whole shape at once: forced to leave, and now in another country.

可以想成一個不是「選擇」離開、而是「不得不」離開的人：家鄉待不下去了——打仗，或者因為政治、宗教立場而有危險——於是跨過國界，去找一個安全的地方。這個字一次帶著兩件事：被迫走，而且人已經在另一個國家了。少了任何一半，用的就會是別的字。

同家族的字

複數 refugees

意思相近

asylum seekerdisplaced personexileevacuee

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

refugeenoun/ˈɹɛfjʊd͡ʒiː/

  • 1

    A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc.

    • In 1962 a special law had to be passed to permit the immigration of several thousand Chinese refugees who had escaped from Communist China to Hong Kong.
    • The eight military bases being used to house Afghan refugees have a total capacity of 50,000 to house evacuees. […] The nine refugee resettlement agencies who work in coordination with the federal government will ultimately determine where Afghans are relocated, based on whether they have US ties or where their local affiliates have capacity to take them in.
  • 2

    derogatoryA person who is fleeing from justice, punishment deemed righteous, etc.; a runaway, a fugitive.

refugeeverb/ˈɹɛfjʊd͡ʒiː/

  • 1

    historicalTo convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。