| 释义 |
‖ yordim, n. pl.|jorˈdim|
[Heb., pl. of yōrēḏ one who descends; cf. *olim n. pl.]
Emigrants who leave Israel. Occas. in sing. form yored |joˈred|.
1976Time 12 Jan. 24/2 Those who stay call those who leave yordim (from the Hebrew verb meaning to descend) and look down on them as deserters... Some of the yordim reply that they have left for one reason only: greater opportunity. 1979Guardian 30 July 7/3, 300,000 yordim (emigrants) have left Israel in the course of 30 years of independence. 1980Jewish Chron. 11 July 23/4 Not only has he failed to go on aliya, he is a yored who settled in America 20 years ago. 1987Jerusalem Post 26 June 9/3 Some yordim who emigrated to the U.S. took the know-how with them. |