immigration
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪm.ɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪm.əˈɡreɪ.ʃən/B2
theactof someone coming tolivein a differentcountry:
移民(入境)There arestrictlimitson immigration (intothecountry).(该国)对入境移民有着严格的限制。
Compare
emigration
migration( TRAVELLING/MOVING)
B1
theprocessofexaminingyourpassportand otherdocumentsto makecertainthat you can beallowedtoenterthecountry, or theplacewhere this is done:
移民局入境检查;移民局入境检查处After you've been through immigration(control), you can go and getyourluggage.通过移民局入境检查之后,你便可以去取行李了。
immigrationpolicy移民政策
immigrationofficers移民局官员
- Theprimeministerdeniedthat the newvisarequirementswerepartof ahiddenagendatoreduceimmigration.
- Theprimeministerhasadoptedaninflexiblepositionon immigration.
- What isyourparty'spolicyon immigration?
- A new immigrationlawmeansthe US will bedustingoff thewelcomematforfamouspeoplewhowanttolivein thecountry.
- She took hercaseto an immigrationappealstribunal.
Changing homes & moving
- anti-immigrant
- anti-immigration
- asylum seeker
- deinstitutionalize
- diaspora
- greener pasturesidiom
- immigrant
- migrant
- migrate
- migration
- move on
- mover
- removal
- removalist
- remover
- resettle
- resettlement
- settle
- shift
- stake