immigrate

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im·mi·grate /ˈɪmɪɡreɪt/ AWL verb [intransitiveI]

FOREIGNto come into a country in order to live there permanently 〔为定居而从外国〕移居，移入 → emigrate, migrate

His father and mother immigrated when he was two.

他的父母在他两岁时移民到这里。

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immigrate• They had no choice but to immigrate.• He immigrated here to breathe and stretch too.• Immigration increased dramatically, though to the countries they tried to immigrate, the wolf-men were as welcome as wolves usually are.• Her father immigrated to America from China in 1947.• Born in Jamaica, Rigby had immigrated to England 30 years before.• After the hard winter of 1848, the family immigrated to Pittsburgh, where her sisters lived.• Amanda and Alisha are writing the story of a woman who recently immigrated to the neighborhood.• His ancestors had immigrated to the United States in the early l800s.• It was during this visit that I realized what people must have gone through simply to immigrate to the United States.

From Longman Business Dictionary

immigrateim·mi·grate /ˈɪmɪgreɪt/ verb [intransitiveI]

to come into a country in order to live there permanently

Born in the Philippines, Celeste immigrated to the United States when she was 15.

→ compare emigrate

Origin immigrate

(1600-1700) Latin past participle of immigrare “to go in”, from migrare; → MIGRATE

im·mi·grate verb

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