repatriate

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ɹiːˈpæ.tɹi.eɪt/|/ɹiːˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/    /ɹiːˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.
动词 v.
  1. To restore (a person) to their own country. transitive
    — Early in 1948, a rumor spread through camp that the Japanese prisoners of war were finally going to be allowed to go home, that a ship would be sent to repatriate us in the spring.
    Japanese Girl at the Siege of Changchun: How I Survived China's Wartime Atrocity
  2. To return or restore (artworks, museum exhibits, etc.) to their country of origin. transitive
    — Greece repatriated an Athenian frieze from France, arranging for it to be sent back to Athens.
  3. To convert a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country. transitive

词形变化

repatriates plural repatriates present,singular,third-person repatriating participle,present repatriated participle,past repatriated past

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin repatriare, from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repair (“to return”).
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin repatriare, from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repair (“to return”).
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