English Dictionary

refugee

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹɛfjʊdʒiː/

名詞

広義

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.

日本語の意味

政治的迫害の恐れなどから逃れるために、母国を離れ、他国で保護を求める人、すなわち難民や亡命希望者

The refugee recounted the political persecution that forced them to flee their homeland.

その難民は、母国を離れざるを得なかった政治的迫害について痛ましい話を語った。

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.

refugees （ plural ）