refugee

n. 难民，避难者；流亡者，逃亡者

中文词源

refugee 难民

来自 refuge,避难。

refugee (n.): 1680s, from French refugié, noun use of past participle of refugier "to take shelter, protect," from Old French refuge (see refuge). First applied to French Huguenots who migrated after the revocation (1685) of the Edict of Nantes. The word meant "one seeking asylum," till 1914, when it evolved to mean "one fleeing home" (first applied in this sense to civilians in Flanders heading west to escape fighting in World War I). In Australian slang from World War II, reffo.

2. Troops tried to set up a lookout post inside a refugee camp.: 部队试图在难民营里设一个瞭望哨。

3. Refugee workers said such action was a violation of medical ethics.: 难民工作者说那种行为是对医德的亵渎。

4. Overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions led to disease in the refugee camps.: 过度拥挤和恶劣的卫生状况导致难民营中出现疾病。