The term trailing spouse¹ is used to describe a person who follows his or her life partner to another city because of a newly-found job or work assignment. The term is often associated with people involved in an expatriate assignment but is also used on domestic assignments.

 

Trailing spouse（随迁配偶）指因为伴侣换工作或者接受工作委派而随其搬到另一个城市的人。境外委派或者国内委派任务中的随迁配偶均可用此表达。

 

The phenomena² of trailing spouses³ is most apparent in the military, diplomatic, and other government communities as well as the private sector⁴ where the employer regularly re-assigns their employees to new locations.

 

随迁配偶多出现于军队、外交、政府机构以及私营企业等会定期轮换委派员工到不同地区的单位。

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