diaspora
/daɪˈæspərə/noun
1the diaspora
- Jews living outside Israel(住在以色列之外的)海外犹太人。
1.1
- the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel(将犹太人赶出以色列的)大流散。
1.2
- the dispersion of any people from their original homeland(任何民族离开故土的)大移居:
the diaspora of boat people from Asia.
船民从亚洲的离散。
1.3
- the people so dispersed流散人口:
the Ukrainian diaspora flocked back to Kiev.
乌克兰的流散人口蜂拥回到基辅。
词源
Greek, from diaspeirein 'disperse', from dia 'across'+ speirein 'scatter'. The term originated in the Septuagint (Deuteronomy 28:25) in the phrase esēdiaspora en pasais basileias tēs gēs 'thou shalt be a dispersion in all kingdoms of the earth'.