Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense migrates, present participle migrating, past tense, past participle migrated
1VERB 移居,迁徙(尤指到外地寻找工作或暂住一段时间) If people migrate, they move from one place to another, especially in order to find work or to live somewhere for a short time. 移居,迁徙(尤指到外地寻找工作或暂住一段时间)
People migrate to cities like Jakarta in search of work. [VERB prep./adv.]
人们为找工作而迁移到雅加达这类城市里。
Farmers have learned that they have to migrate if they want to survive. [VERB]
2VERB (鸟类、鱼类、兽类等随季节变化)迁徙 When birds, fish, or animals migrate, they move at a particular season from one part of the world or from one part of a country to another, usually in order to breed or to find new feeding grounds. (鸟类、鱼类、兽类等随季节变化)迁徙
Most birds have to fly long distances to migrate. [VERB]
绝大多数鸟类为了迁徙都不得不进行长距离的飞行。
...a dam system that kills the fish as they migrate from streams to the ocean. [VERB prep./adv.]