boat people

英 [ˈbəʊt piːpl]

美 [ˈboʊt piːpl]

n.  船民(乘小船逃到他国的难民)

Collins.2

牛津词典

noun

• 船民（乘小船逃到他国的难民）
  people who escape from their own country in small boats to try to find safety in another country

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 乘船逃到他国的难民；船民
  Boat peopleare people who escape from their country in small boats to travel to another country in the hope that they will be able to live there..
  1. ...50,000 Vietnamese boat people.
     5万名乘船逃难的越南人

双语例句

• The terminal, CLP also argues, will be built on already scarred land: the abandoned concrete platform where the detention centre that housed thousands of Vietnamese boat people once stood.
  中华电力还强调，这个接收站将建在已经受到破坏的土地上：那里有一个废弃的混凝土平台，曾经是数千名越南偷渡者的拘留中心。
• Her daughter and her daughter's husband had a fishing boat in which they let people from cities come and catch fish, which the daughter then cooked for the guests.
  她的女儿和女婿有一条船，他们把这条船租给城里来的人，让他们去捕鱼，女主人再把鱼做给这些城里来的客人们吃。
• The push-pull theory may explain the origin of thousands of Vietnamese refugees and the boat people haunting Hong Kong for so long a time.
  越南难民和船民问题长期困扰香港之原因，可运用推拉理论做一解释。
• Dragon boat sport attracted more people 'sattention and participation for its sportsmanship.
  龙舟运动所弘扬的体育精神也吸引了更多人们的关注和参与。
• Small room on a ship or boat where people sleep.
  船只上供人们睡觉的小屋子。
• They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.
  自然，咨询公司也认为掌舵人太多、而划船人数不够才导致了这样的结局。
• Because of these social connections, he always sided with the boat people.
  由于这些社会习惯的联系，他的行为处事是靠在水上人一边的。
• In Stephen Crane's The Open Boat, the four people understand each other, help each other and struggle with the merciless nature stubbornly.
  斯蒂芬·克莱恩的《海上扁舟》表现四个人在危难时相互理解，相互帮助，不屈不挠与冷酷的大自然搏斗。
• Tamil Boat People Seek Asylum in CanadaThe Tamil boat people's odyssey across the Pacific Ocean aboard the cramped cargo ship reportedly began in April.
  据报道，搭载着一条狭窄的货船横跨太平洋的塔米尔难民从四月份就开始率旅程。
• Whereas his job was to help the authorities, at heart he sympathized with the boat people.
  在职务上帮助官府，在感情上却亲近了船家。