[mass noun]the action of leaving, typically to start a journey 出发,启程;离开 the day of departure. 出发日。 [count noun]she made a hasty departure. 她匆匆离去。 ■[count noun]a deviation from an accepted, prescribed, or traditional course of action or thought 背离 a departure from their usual style. 对其一贯风格的背离。 ■(Nautical)the amount of a ship's change of longitude (航海)横距,东西距
语源
late Middle English: from Old French departeure, from the verb departir (see depart)