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refugee

US /ˈrɛfjudʒi/

noun Target · B2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

an exile who flees for safety

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The charity provides food and shelter to refugees arriving in the city.

Synonyms

  • displaced personhaving a meaning similar to refugee
  • asylum seekerhaving a meaning similar to refugee

Collocations

  • Easy refugee camp shelter
    describing refugee camp shelter (an exile who flees for safety)
  • Medium support local refugee resettlement programs
    to support local refugee resettlement programs, meaning to give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
  • Hard confer statutory political refugee status
    to confer statutory political refugee status, meaning to have a conference in order to talk something over
  • Very Hard alleviate the harrowing plight of displaced refugees
    to alleviate the harrowing plight of displaced refugees, meaning to provide physical relief, as from pain

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