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.
双语例句
1. Many of the refugee villages are in isolated areas.
很多难民村落都在偏远地区。
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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。
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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。
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4. Overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions led to disease in the refugee camps.
