- exodus (from…) (to…)
a situation in which many people leave a place at the same time (大批人同时)离开,外出,出去 the mass exodus from Paris to the country in the summer 夏日大批人离开巴黎到乡村 The play was so awful that there was a general exodus from the theatre at the interval. 那剧十分糟糕,在幕间休息时观众纷纷离去。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Greek exodos, from ex- ‘out of’ + hodos ‘way’.