Exodus
[ '?ks?d?s ]
成人 Adult Edu
n. 離去，退出;古代以色列人出埃及;
?? 詞根助記
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離開這座城市。
rural exodus
農村遷離
The flight from family and occupational responsibility has become an exodus.
逃離家庭和逃避職業責任已成為一種移民形式。
Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.
人在當前所遇到的最大挑戰，就是要防止人從這個星球上消失。
?? 聯想助記
【記】ex-前綴“出”,o-似“圓”,dus-bus公共汽車:坐圓形大巴出去→成批離去
? 同義詞
?? 牛津釋義
exodus
n
1 [sing] ~ (from...) (to...) (fml or joc 文或謔) departure of many people at one time （大批人同時之）離去
the mass exodus of people to the sea and mountains for the summer holidays 為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. 那劇十分糟糕, 在幕間休息時觀眾紛紛離去.
2 the Exodus the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, in about 1300 BC 出埃及事（約公元前1300年以色列人離開埃及一事）.
3 Exodus title of the 2nd book of the Bible, which tells the story of this departure 《出埃及記》（《圣經?舊約》中的第2卷）.
?? 擴展釋義
*['eks?d?s]n. 大批的離去【法】 退出, 大批離去, 成一外出
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--and speaking of Max--I hear the car.
談到小孩，我聽見汽車聲了。
Can you picture yourself on a boat, on a river?
你能想象你自己泛舟河上的情景嗎？
We're tired ...
我們累了。。。。。。