| 单词 | brain drain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrain drain brain drain n. colloquial the emigration of highly trained or qualified people, regarded as detrimental to a country's economy or society. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > emigration > [noun] > loss of qualified people by emigration brain drain1960 1960 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 21 Dec. 15/1 (heading) East Germans try to stop brain drain. 1963 Evening Standard 7 Jan. 1/2 Nearly one quarter of Britain's best young scientists and technologists are being magnetised to jobs in North America. About 10 per cent are settling there. This is the shock finding of experts who have spent months investigating the ‘brain drain’ across the Atlantic. 2002 K. Matinuddin Nuclearization S. Asia iv. 86 Bhutto also announced at that meeting that a pool of 100 scientists would be created and service conditions for them would be made so attractive as to prevent the brain drain from the country. < as lemmas |
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