brain drain

短语

智囊流失

发音

US

词形变化

brain drains 复数 brain drains brain drains 三单 brain draining 现在分词 brain drained 过去式 brain drained 过去分词

别名

brain-drain

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or more developed nations.

    人才流失

    人才外流

    习语
  2. 2.

    A Jackson-Pratt drain.

    非正式 医学
v.
  1. 1.

    Of a nation or society, to be deprived of educated or talented people, who in turn migrate to larger cities or more developed nations.

    人才外流

    人才流失

    习语 及物
  2. 2.

    To become mentally or psychologically fatigued or exhausted.

    习语 不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

drain

词源

Coined by spokesmen for the Royal Society of London in the early 1950s to describe the outflow of scientists and technologists to the United States and Canada.

来源：wiktionary