Exodus
[ 'ɛksədəs ]
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n. 离去，退出;古代以色列人出埃及;
💡 词根助记
exo外部的，外面+dus大批量→大批移出的
📝 例句
Every summer there is an exodus from the city.
每年夏季都有很多人成群离开这座城市。
rural exodus
农村迁离
The flight from family and occupational responsibility has become an exodus.
逃离家庭和逃避职业责任已成为一种移民形式。
Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.
人在当前所遇到的最大挑战，就是要防止人从这个星球上消失。
🌱 联想助记
【记】ex-前缀“出”,o-似“圆”,dus-bus公共汽车:坐圆形大巴出去→成批离去
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
exodus
n
1 [sing] ~ (from...) (to...) (fml or joc 文或谑) departure of many people at one time （大批人同时之）离去
the mass exodus of people to the sea and mountains for the summer holidays 为度暑假游山玩水大批人外出
The play was so awful that there was a general exodus from the theatre at the interval. 那剧十分糟糕, 在幕间休息时观众纷纷离去.
2 the Exodus the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, in about 1300 BC 出埃及事（约公元前1300年以色列人离开埃及一事）.
3 Exodus title of the 2nd book of the Bible, which tells the story of this departure 《出埃及记》（《圣经?旧约》中的第2卷）.
🔁 扩展释义
*['eksәdәs]n. 大批的离去【法】 退出, 大批离去, 成一外出
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I went back for it, but the ferry was gone.
等我回去找的时候 船已经开走了。
I'm going home.
我正要回家。
No, she isn't.
不，她没来。