An expat is an expatriate: a person living in a country that is not their original home, usually for work, for a stretch of years. It is an informal shortening — fine in speech, emails, and magazines, a little too casual for a law or a school essay.

An expatexpat is是 an expatriate:expatriate的縮寫： a person living in a country一個住在某個國家的人 that is not their original home,而那不是他們原本的家鄉， usually for work,通常是為了工作， for a stretch of years.而且會待上一段時間。It is是 an informal shortening一個口語的簡稱 — fine in speech, emails, and magazines,——用在口語、email，或雜誌裡都沒問題， a little too casual for a law or a school essay.但用在法律文件或學校作文裡就有點太隨便。

In a city like Taipei you hear it for foreigners who have a job and a lease, not for someone here on a two-week holiday. A tourist is not an expat.

In a city like Taipei在像台北這樣的城市裡 you hear it你會聽到這個字用在 for foreigners who have a job and a lease,有工作、有租房的外國人身上， not for someone here on a two-week holiday.而不是用在只是來玩兩週的人身上。A tourist觀光客 is not不是 an expat.expat。

Though actually, people are not even-handed with the word. Westerners with office jobs often get called expats; workers who came from Southeast Asia to do harder jobs are more often called migrants or foreign workers, even when both groups have lived here just as long.

Though actually,不過其實， people are not even-handed with the word.人們用這個字並不公平。Westerners with office jobs做辦公室工作的西方人 often get called expats;常常被稱為expats； workers who came from Southeast Asia to do harder jobs從東南亞來做比較辛苦工作的人 are more often called migrants or foreign workers,則比較常被稱為migrants（移工）或foreign workers（外籍勞工）， even when both groups have lived here just as long.即使兩邊在這裡待的時間一樣久。

The word can also sound clubby, as if it names a scene — expat bars, the expat community — rather than simply 'a person who lives abroad'.

The word can also sound clubby,這個字聽起來也可能有點小圈子感， as if it names a scene好像在講一個特定的圈子 — expat bars, the expat community ———像expat bars外籍人士酒吧、expat community外籍人士社群—— rather than simply 'a person who lives abroad'.而不只是單純的'a person who lives abroad'（住在國外的人）。