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migrate from [place] to [place]
常用于描述人口或动物的大规模迁移。
Many birds migrate from Canada to Mexico in winter.
许多鸟类在冬季从加拿大迁徙到墨西哥。
移居；迁移
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移居；迁移
move from one country or region to another and settle there
Many birds migrate from Canada to Mexico in winter.
许多鸟类在冬季从加拿大迁徙到墨西哥。
周期性地从一个地区迁移到另一个地区,通常根据季节变化
To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.
改变居住地的地理模式
To change one's geographic pattern of habitation.
跨越边界改变居住地；从一个国家或政治区域迁移到另一个
To change habitations across a border; to move from one country or political region to another.
通常成群缓慢移动
To move slowly towards, usually in groups.
migrate
Base
原形
migrates
3rd person
第三人称单数
migrating
-ing
现在分词
migrated
Past
过去式
migrated
Past participle
过去分词
Birds migrate south every winter.
鸟儿每年冬天迁徙到南方。
Many families migrated to the city last year.
去年许多家庭迁移到了城市。
The birds are migrating now.
鸟儿现在正在迁徙。
Many birds migrate south for the winter.
许多鸟类冬天迁徙到南方。
Her family migrated to Canada when she was a child.
她小时候家人移居到了加拿大。
The software will migrate all data to the new server tonight.
软件今晚将把所有数据迁移到新服务器。
常用于描述人口或动物的大规模迁移。
Many birds migrate from Canada to Mexico in winter.
许多鸟类在冬季从加拿大迁徙到墨西哥。
强调目的地。
He decided to migrate to Australia for better opportunities.
他决定移居澳大利亚寻求更好的机会。
常用于动物季节性迁徙。
These fish migrate upriver to spawn.
这些鱼逆流而上产卵。
强调进入某个区域。
Thousands of people migrated into the city during the gold rush.
淘金热期间，成千上万的人涌入这座城市。
Not this
He decided to migrate in Canada.
Use this
He decided to migrate to Canada.
migrate 表示“移居”时，与介词 to 搭配表示目的地，使用 in 则表达“在加拿大内部迁移”，不符合原意。
Not this
The migrate of these birds is fascinating.
Use this
The migration of these birds is fascinating.
migrate 是动词，此处需要名词形式 migration。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
从...迁移到...
Many birds migrate from the north to the south in winter.
许多鸟类在冬天从北方迁徙到南方。
迁移到
They decided to migrate to Canada for better opportunities.
他们决定移民到加拿大寻求更好的机会。
向南迁徙
The Monarch butterflies migrate south to Mexico every year.
黑脉金斑蝶每年向南迁徙到墨西哥。
Use migrate naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一群鸟在迁徙（migrate），它们‘移’（mi）动到‘grate’（网格状的地方），就像飞过一片网格般的天空。
通常用于中性或正式语境。在谈论人口迁移时较为正式，在谈论动物迁徙时则常见于自然科学或通俗描述。
用作不及物动词，常与介词from和to连用，表示从某地迁移至某地。
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