English Dictionary

refugee

/ˈɹɛfjʊdʒiː/

noun

A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in their home country, i.e., a person seeking political asylum.

The refugee fled their war-torn country in search of safety.

意味（1）

A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in their home country, i.e., a person seeking political asylum.

In 1962 a special law had to be passed to permit the immigration of several thousand Chinese refugees who had escaped from Communist China to Hong Kong.

意味（2）

A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster, war, etc.

Alluding to the regional consequences of a war in the Taiwan Strait, Zelensky pointed out that there could be millions of refugees, similar to the result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

意味（3）

A person formally granted political or economic asylum by a country other than their home country.

意味（4）

(by extension) A person who flees one place or institution for another.

Why did the SDP dream eventually fade? Partly because it succeeded far better inside parliament than out. It might attract some inner-city Catholic traditionalist Labour refugees from Labour's left, but many of those were already gentrifying.