brain drain
The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to…The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or more developed nations.
» This country suffers from brain drain.
Dieses Land leidet unter der Abwanderung gebildeter Spitzenkräfte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Эта страна страдает от утечки мозгов. — marafon
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2 senses(idiomatic)The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or more developed nations.
Braindrain, Gehirn-Abfluss, Talentschwund
уте́чка мозго́вutéčka mozgóv, уте́чка умо́вutéčka umóv
ві́дті́к мі́зківvídtík mízkiv
(informal)A Jackson-Pratt drain.
- depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel
Examples
7 sentencesThis country suffers from brain drain.
ruЭта страна страдает от утечки мозгов. — marafon
deDieses Land leidet unter der Abwanderung gebildeter Spitzenkräfte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Algeria is facing a brain drain.
Brain drain has caused a lot of damage to the country.
How can Algeria stop its brain drain?
The Berlin Wall was built to prevent brain drain.
Translations
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Origin
Coined by spokesmen for the Royal Society of London in the early 1950s to describe the outCoined by spokesmen for the Royal Society of London in the early 1950s to describe the outflow of scientists and technologists to the United States and Canada.
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Forms
plural: brain drains| Singular | brain drain |
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Antonyms
1 antonymsSee also
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