immigrant

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

im·mi·grant AW [immigrant immigrants] BrE [ˈɪmɪɡrənt] NAmE [ˈɪmɪɡrənt] noun
a person who has come to live permanently in a country that is not their own
•immigrant communities/families/workers
•illegal immigrants
compare ↑emigrant, ↑migrant

Word Origin:
late 18th cent.: from Latin immigrant- ‘immigrating’, from the verb immigrare, on the pattern of emigrant.

Collocations:
Race and immigration
Prejudice and racism
experience/encounter racism/discrimination/prejudice/anti-semitism
face/suffer persecution/discrimination
fear/escape from/flee racial/political/religious persecution
constitute/be a form of racial/race discrimination
reflect/reveal/show/have a racial/cultural bias
be biased/be prejudiced against (especially BrE) black people/(both especially NAmE) people of color/African Americans/Asians/Africans/Indians, etc.
discriminate against minority groups/minorities
perpetuate/conform to/fit/defy a common/popular/traditional/negative stereotype
overcome/be blinded by deep-seated/racial/(especially NAmE) race prejudice
entrench/perpetuate racist attitudes
hurl/shout (especially BrE) racist abuse; (especially NAmE) a racist/racial/ethnic slur
challenge/confront racism/discrimination/prejudice
combat/fight (against)/tackle blatant/overt/covert/subtle/institutional/systemic racism
Race and society
damage/improve (especially BrE) race relations
practise/ (especially US) practice (racial/religious) tolerance/segregation
bridge/break down/transcend cultural/racial barriers
encourage/promote social integration
outlaw/end discrimination/slavery/segregation
promote/embrace/celebrate cultural diversity
conform to/challenge/violate (accepted/established/prevailing/dominant) social/cultural norms
live in a multicultural society
attack/criticize multiculturalism
fight for/struggle for/promote racial equality
perpetuate/reinforce economic and social inequality
introduce/be for/be against (BrE) positive discrimination/(especially NAmE) affirmative action
support/be active in/play a leading role in the civil rights movement
Immigration
control/restrict/limit/encourage immigration
attract/draw a wave of immigrants
assist/welcome refugees
house/shelter refugees and asylum seekers
smuggle illegal immigrants into the UK
deport/repatriate illegal immigrants/failed asylum seekers
assimilate/integrate new immigrants
employ/hire migrant workers
exploit/rely on (cheap/illegal) immigrant labour/(especially US) labor
apply for/gain/obtain/be granted/be denied (full) citizenship
have/hold dual citizenship

Example Bank:
•Businesses may want to hire skilled immigrants.
•European immigrants fleeing Nazism in the 1930s
•European immigrants settled much of Australia.
•First-generation immigrants may dream of returning ‘home’; their children say Britain is their home.
•Italian immigrants assimilated easily into Brazilian society.
•Like many first-generation immigrants, they worked hard and saved most of their earnings.
•Mexican immigrants seeking farm work
•She was the daughter of Chinese immigrants to America.
•The company was founded by two immigrants from Bangladesh.
•The government is eager to attract skilled immigrants.
•These factors attracted new immigrants.
•These were working-class immigrants, mainly from rural parts of Mexico.
•They are trying to secure immigrant status for their families.
•a careful mechanism for assimilating immigrants
•a family of Turkish immigrants living in California
•a law designed to exclude Chinese immigrants
•a young Afghan immigrant who has worked at the store for years
•anti-terrorist legislation that targeted immigrants
•boats bringing illegal immigrants over from North Africa
•different aspects of the immigrant experience
•immigrants seeking to enter the country
•poor immigrants from Latin American countries
•recent immigrants who do not speak English
•ships laden with would-be immigrants who were forcibly returned
•the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in California
•the circumstances under which immigrants were detained
•the immigrants who poured into America
•the issues faced by Dominican immigrants
•the number of legal immigrants to the US
•Illegal immigrants are to be sent back to their country of origin.
•immigrant communities/families/workers