departure

departure
noun
  1. [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
  1. late Middle English: from Old French departeure, from the verb departir (see depart)
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