| 单词 | boat people |
| 释义 | boat people noun[plural] uk/ˈbəʊt ˌpiː.pəl/us/ˈboʊt ˌpiː.pəl/peoplewho havelefttheircountrybyboat, usuallyhopingtofindingsafetyin anotherplace （乘船出逃的）难民，船民Runaways and refugees
boat people| American Dictionaryboat people plural noun us/ˈboʊt ˌpi·pəl/people who havelefttheircountryby boat, usually in thehopeoffindingsafetyin anotherplace Examplesofboat peopleboat people I looked at that matter when we first had the problem with theboatpeople. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Asylum would be offered by those countries whereboatpeoplefirst arrived to allow time to arrange resettlement in third countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the 1970s, international politics involved theboatpeople, petrodollars, and shuttle diplomacy. From theCambridge English Corpus The two chapters provide a sensitive insight into the human, social, and ideological interstices between the trauma of the ' 'boatpeople' ' and the types of musical productions. From theCambridge English Corpus Some of them have escaped for their lives and have become those tragic people known as theboatpeople. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, now several shipping lines are deliberately avoiding sea routes where they are likely to encounterboatpeople. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot expect it to receive this year the same number ofboatpeople—over 30,000—that they received last year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, what international discussions are taking place on theboatpeopleand when will they be resumed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall easily absorb 10,000boatpeople; it is right that we should do so, and we look forward to doing so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have a particular problem because of theboatpeople. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have recently submitted proposals for projects in the areas from which most of theboatpeoplehave come. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have very high unemployment there, but theboatpeoplewere welcomed with open arms because we were aware of their grave problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But it did not even interest the media or the organisations formerly so ready to organise solidarity campaigns for theboatpeople. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would repeat that that total includes 80,000 formerboatpeople. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Of that 66, the 56boatpeopleamong them were given absolute discharges with no conviction recorded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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