赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit147

 　　immigrate¹

　　vi.移民（由外移入）

　　Many Chinese immigrated² to Taiwan from Fujian about three hundred years ago.

　　大约3百年前有许多中国人从福建移民到台湾。

　　immigrant

　　n.移民者(由外移入）

　　Canada has many immigrants from Europe.

　　加拿大有很多来自欧洲的移民。

　　Mr. Wilson immigrated to Taiwan five years ago.In Taiwan, he is called an immigrant, while in the United States, his home country, he is called an emigrant³.

　　魏尔逊先生5年前移民到台湾。在台湾，他被称为外来的移民，而在他祖国美国，他则被称为移居国外的移民。

　　immigration

　　n.移居（内外移入)

　　Years of immigration brought many people to America.

　　多年的移民为美国带来很多人。

　　hopeful

　　a.充满希望的；乐观的

　　After watching the film, everyone feels hopeful about the future.

　　看完这部电影后，每个人对未来都怀抱希望。

　　hopeless

　　a.不抱希望的，绝望的

　　I felt hopeless after my girlfriend walked out on me.

　　我女友把我甩了之后我感到很绝望。

　　The financial situation or our company is hopeless, and we can do nothing about it.

　　我们公司的财务状况已到了绝望的地步，我们也一点都使不上力。

　　portable

　　a.可携带的，手提的

　　Portable stereos used to be quite expensive back in the 1970s.

　　1970年代手提音响相当昂贵。

　　porter

　　n.搬运工，挑夫

　　A porter is one whose job is to help carry people's boxes or suitcases.

　　搬运工的工作就是帮助搬运大家的箱子或行李。

　　technological⁴

　　a.科技的

　　The steam engine was a major technological breakthrough of the 19th century.

　　蒸气引擎是19世纪一项主要的科技突破。

　　technician

　　n.技师

　　I asked the receptionist to send a technician to my room to check on the heater.

　　我请柜台人员派一名技师到我房间检査暖气。

　　hardship

　　n.艰苦（可数/不可数）

　　Many poor nations are still suffering financial hardship.

　　许多贫穷国家仍陷于财务窘境。

　　John had gone through a lot of hardships before becoming what he is today.

　　约翰吃了许多苦才有今日的成就。

1 immigrate   

v.（从外国）移来，移居入境

参考例句：

• 10,000 people are expected to immigrate in the next two years.接下来的两年里预计有10，000人会移民至此。
• Only few plants can immigrate to the island.只有很少的植物能够移植到这座岛上。

2 immigrated   

v.移入( immigrate的过去式和过去分词 )；移民

参考例句：

• He immigrated from Ulster in 1848. 他1848年从阿尔斯特移民到这里。 来自辞典例句
• Many Pakistanis have immigrated to Britain. 许多巴基斯坦人移居到了英国。 来自辞典例句

3 emigrant   

adj.移居的，移民的；n.移居外国的人，移民

参考例句：

• He is a British emigrant to Australia.他是个移居澳大利亚的英国人。
• I always think area like this is unsuited for human beings,but it is also unpractical to emigrant in a large scale.我一直觉得，像这样的地方是不适宜人类居住的，可大规模的移民又是不现实的。

4 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。