| 单词 | brain drain |
| 释义 | brain drainor brain-drainSEE SYNONYMS FOR brain drain ON THESAURUS.COM nouna loss of trained professional personnel to another company, nation, etc., that offers greater opportunity. Origin of brain drainFirst recorded in 1960–65 Words nearby brain drainbrain concussion, brain coral, brain damage, braindead, brain death, brain drain, Braine, brained, Brainerd, brainfag, brain fart Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for brain drainbrain drain nouninformal the emigration of scientists, technologists, academics, etc, for better pay, equipment, or conditions Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with brain drainbrain drain The departure of educated or talented persons for better pay or jobs elsewhere, as in The repression of free speech in Germany triggered a brain drain to Britain and America. The term originated about 1960, when many British scientists and intellectuals emigrated to the United States for a better working climate. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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