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今天我们要学的词是exodus¹。Exodus名词，意思是成群结队的离去、退出。Floridian began a mass exodus on Sep. 7th as Hurricane Irma, the powerful Category 4 storm, plowed² through the Caribbean toward the Sunshine State. 随着强劲的4级飓风艾玛辗过加勒比海域，朝着阳光之州佛罗里达行进，佛罗里达人从9月7日开始大规模撤离。The exodus of Rohingya to Bangladesh has reached about 270,000 over the past two weeks, according to the UN refugee agency. 据联合国难民署称，过去两周来，大批离开缅甸前往孟加拉国的罗兴亚人已达27万之多。 好的，我们今天学习的词是exodus, exodus, exodus...
 

1 exodus   

v.大批离去，成群外出

参考例句：

• The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.由于医生大批离去，医疗系统面临崩溃。
• Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.人在当前所遇到的最大挑战，就是要防止人从这个星球上消失。

2 plowed   

v.耕( plow的过去式和过去分词 )；犁耕；费力穿过

参考例句：

• They plowed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland. 他们犁了将近10万英亩未开垦的高沼地。 来自辞典例句
• He plowed the land and then sowed the seeds. 他先翻土，然后播种。 来自辞典例句