asylum seeker
noun[C]
uk/əˈsaɪ.ləm ˌsiː.kər/us/əˈsaɪ.ləm ˌsiː.kɚ/someone wholeavestheirowncountry, often forpoliticalreasonsor because ofwar, and whotravelsto anothercountryhopingthat thegovernmentwillprotectthem andallowthem tolivethere:
寻求(政治)庇护者genuine/bogusasylumseekers真正/假称受到迫害而寻求政治避难的人
Arecordnumberofasylumseekersarrivedin the UK lastmonth.上个月,到英国来寻求政治庇护的人数突破了历史纪录。
People who live or settle somewhere
- boarder
- brain drain
- city slicker
- co-resident
- cohabitant
- Georgian
- guest worker
- habitant
- illegal alien
- illegal immigrant
- lodger
- Orcadian
- outflow
- overspill
- repeople
- returnee
- squatter
- villager
- welcome wagon
- year-rounder
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