push factor
noun[C]
uk/ˈpʊʃ ˌfæk.tər/us/ˈpʊʃ ˌfæk.tɚ/something that makespeoplewanttoleaveaplaceorescapefrom aparticularsituation:
推力因素,推动因素,促使人离开(或逃离)的原因Instead of afruitlessattempttoeliminateillegalimmigration,richcountriescouldfocusonreducingthepushfactorsthatforcesome toflee-chieflypovertyandpersecution.与其徒劳地试图消除非法移民,富国不如把精力放在减少迫使人逃离的推动因素上——主要是贫穷和迫害。
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pull factor
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
- a rough rideidiom
- abyss
- adversity
- atyourworstidiom
- Augean
- bad hair day
- emergence
- epidemic
- genie
- half nelson
- hardness
- have a bumpy rideidiom
- rabbit hole
- reversal
- rigour
- rollercoaster
- the Augean Stablesidiom
- the hard wayidiom
- vortex