migrate

英 [maɪ'ɡreɪt] 美 ['maɪɡreɪt]

• vi. 迁移；迁徙；转移

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 迁移; 移往

   move from one place to another (to live there)

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 迁移，徙动，迁徙， 迁飞
2. （随季节）移居，移居海外
3. 回游， 洄游
4. （定期）移栖
5. 【化、物】移动
6. 流，涌动
7. 移往
8. 使移居
9. 从一处到另一处（收割庄稼）
10. 转移

英英释义

Verb:

1. move from one country or region to another and settle there;

   "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century"
   "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries"
   

2. move periodically or seasonally;

   "birds migrate in the Winter"
   "The workers migrate to where the crops need harvesting"
   

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. These workers migrate from country to country in search of work.
   这些工人为寻找工作从一个国家迁移到另一个国家。
2. Some tribes migrate with their cattle in search of fresh grass.
   有些部落为了寻找新鲜的牧草而带着他们的牲畜迁移。
3. In some developing countries more and more people migrate to urban area.
   在某些发展中的国家，越来越多的人向市区迁移。
4. Large numbers of birds migrate south every winter.
   每年冬季大量的鸟类迁徙南方。
5. The infected cells then migrate to other areas of the body.
   受感染的细胞接着转移到身体的其他部位。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Pioneers from New England migrated to all parts of the United States.
   来自新英格兰的拓荒者移居到美国各地。
2. These birds migrate northwards in spring and southwards in fall.
   这些鸟春天向北迁徙,秋天向南迁徙。
3. Every spring they migrate towards the coast.
   每年春季它们都向海滨迁徙。
4. At the end of the summer these birds migrate from Canada to South America.
   在夏末,这些鸟从加拿大迁徙到南美。

经典引文

• Whales migrate north from the polar feeding grounds to have their calves in the tropics.

  出自： A. C. Clarke

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+介词

• migrate between 在…之间迁移
• migrate from the East 来自东方
• migrate to the city 移居城市

词义辨析

v. (动词)

migrate, emigrate, immigrate

• 这三个词的共同意思是“移居”。emigrate侧重于“离开本国”; immigrate侧重于“进入另一个国家”,通常指长期迁移定居; migrate指人的“迁移”,可以是大群的人,也可以是个人,不一定非要从一国到另一国。

词源解说

• ☆ 17世纪90年代进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的migrare，意为变动一个人的住处。

近反义词

【近义词】

• immigrate
• move

【反义词】

• remain 剩余
• stay 停留