deportation(名词):驱逐出境;(依法)遣返。指政府依据法律程序将非公民或不具备合法居留资格的人强制送离一国境内。(也可引申为“放逐”,但现代语境多指移民与法律中的“遣返/驱逐”。)
/ˌdiːpɔːrˈteɪʃən/
The lawyer tried to stop the deportation.
律师试图阻止这次驱逐出境。
After years of living abroad, he faced deportation due to an expired visa, which separated him from his family overnight.
在国外生活多年后,他因签证过期面临遣返,一夜之间与家人被迫分离。
来自拉丁语词根 **port-**(“搬运、运送”)及其相关动词形式,含义与“把人带走/送走”有关;后经法语与英语发展,形成 deportation,在现代英语中主要固定为法律与移民语境里的“驱逐出境、遣返”。