depart

depart
verb
  1. [no obj.]leave, typically in order to start a journey
    启程;离开
    they departed for Germany.
    他们启程赴德国。
    a contingent was departing from Cairo.
    一支小分队正从开罗出发。
    ■(depart from)deviate from (an accepted, prescribed, or traditional course of action)
    背离(常规,传统)
    he departed from the precedent set by many.
    他背离了许多人定下的先例。
    ■[with obj.](N. Amer.)leave (one's job)
    (北美)离(职)
常用词组
depart this life
  1. (archaic)die
    (古)死去
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French departir, based on Latin dispertire 'to divide'. The original sense was 'separate', also 'take leave of each other', hence 'go away'
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