| 词汇 | exodus |
| 释义 | exodus noun[ S ] formaluk /ˈek.sə.dəs/ us /ˈek.sə.dəs/ the fact of a large number of people leaving a place or situation: The exodus out of the war-torn city continues. exodus fromHe says there is an exodus from public education which must be stopped. exodus ofThey joined the exodus of passengers leaving the ship. exodus toAfter 1945, the city centre population began its slow but steady exodus to the suburbs. mass exodusThere has been a mass exodus of workers from the villages to the towns.一直有大量工人源源不断从农村涌入城市。 People who live or settle somewhere asylum seeker boarder brain drain city slicker co-resident Georgian guest worker habitant illegal alien illegal immigrant lodger Orcadian outflow overspill repeople returnee squatter villager welcome wagon year-rounder Exodus noun[ U ] uk /ˈek.sə.dəs/ us /ˈek.sə.dəs/ the second book of the Bible telling of Moses and the journey of the Israelites out of Egypt《出埃及记》（基督教《圣经‧旧约》第二卷，记载摩西率领以色列人离开埃及之事） The Bible - people, events & places Adam annunciation apocalypse apostolic Eden epistle epistolary evangelist Madonna manna psalm resurrection the ark the disciplesphrase the last judgment the Last Supper the Magi the Second Coming the Ten Commandments the Torah exodus | American Dictionaryexodus noun[ Cusually sing ] us/ˈek·sə·dəs/ the movement of a lot of people from a place at the same time: The hurricane warning caused a mass exodus. exodus | Business Englishexodus noun[ S ] uk /ˈeksədəs/us the movement of a lot of people or things away from a place: an exodus of sthTrade unions are concerned by the exodus of jobs overseas. an exodus from sthThere has been a mass exodus of workers from the villages to the towns. an exodus to sthThere was an exodus of IT staff to internet startup companies. Examples of exodusexodus It felt like listening in the present and sharing for several hours the bread of exodus offered by these sudden friends. The degree to which older workers have been willing players in this exodus from secure employment is uncertain. The fossil record also reveals that anatomical changes that broadened and shortened the pelvis and reshaped the birth canal began occurring well before this exodus. Many undertook recruiting drives after 1983 when the introduction of pension rights prompted an exodus of older members. The wholesale exodus of older staff during the 1980s and early 1990s resulted in the loss of countless years of expertise and knowledge. Perhaps the most important narrative in all of this is that of the migrants and the legends which followed on their exodus. The daily exodus of men from commuter suburbs created a uniquely female-dominated space, not only within the house but more widely across suburban spaces. How has the impact of extant women's protection codes on the refugee exodus been addressed by intellectual debates about the 1948 war? That was the major exodus that took place. When the expeditions ended and relief ships arrived, a rapid exodus frequently allowed only essential items to be taken north. The exodus from overwintering sites in 1998 corresponded well with a sudden pulse of spring rainfall. Many are however repelled by the summer heat (and the tourists it attracts), and this stimulates the large exodus in mid-summer. On the other hand the mass exodus of the summer of 1989 did not play a decisive role in this process. Certainly, in my own pronunciation, there is little or no difference between the initial vowel of exact and that of exodus. First, the high cost of labour coupled with the exodus of youths from the rural areas resulted in the intensification of sharecropping. See all examples of exodus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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