Brain Drain | Definition In The English-Vietnamese Dictionary

Translation of brain drain – English–Vietnamese dictionary

brain drain

 noun  Add to word list Add to word list ● the loss of experts to another country (usually in search of better salaries etc) chảy máu chất xám As a result of the brain drain, Britain does not have enough doctors.

(Translation of brain drain from the PASSWORD English-Vietnamese Dictionary © 2015 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of brain drain

brain drain Again and again we hear about the brain drain and the fact that people with high technical qualifications are leaving this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that the brain drain has robbed us of our best scientists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As we don't want to support this brain drain, we voted in favour of this amendment. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Only recently we have been lamenting what is called the "brain drain". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But we have not only the brain drain but the brawn drain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, he seems to have abandoned any responsibility for the fact that there is a brain drain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, much more thought must be given to this reverse brain drain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There seems to be a kind of reverse brain drain from developing countries to the developed world, of which we are the beneficiaries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. C1

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in Chinese (Traditional) （國家的）人才流失，人才外流… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （国家的）人才流失，人才外流… See more in Spanish fuga de cerebros… See more in Portuguese fuga de talentos… See more in French in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian fuite des cerveaux… See more beyin göçü… See more uittocht van het intellect… See more únik mozků… See more hjerneflugt, forskerflugt… See more perpindahan tenaga ahli ke luar negeri… See more สมองไหล… See more drenaż mózgu… See more forskarflykt, begåvningsflykt… See more penghijrahan cendiakawan… See more die Abwanderung (von Wissenschaftlern)… See more ekspertflukt… See more відтік мізків… See more Need a translator?

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