depart
/dɪˈpɑːt/verb
no obj.
1- 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.
一支小分队刚从开罗出发。
1.1
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。
1.2
- with obj. N. Amer. leave (one's job)〈北美〉离(职)。
短语
depart this life
- archaic die〈古〉死去。
词源
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'.