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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries推拉
Pronunciation / Transliteration: tuī lā
"人口流动通常受推拉因素的驱动。"
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Operating by alternate pushing and pulling actions, or characterized by opposing forces that attract and repel simultaneously.
"The factory uses a push-pull manufacturing strategy to balance inventory control with customer demand."
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A migration model or economic theory explaining human movement through a combination of factors that drive people away from one place and draw them to another.
"Demographers analyze the push-pull factors influencing global labor migration."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the verbs push (from Middle English pussen, ultimately of Germanic origin) and pull (from Old English pullian, meaning to pluck or draw). Originally coined in mechanical engineering to describe bidirectional forces, the term expanded metaphorically into economics, sociology, and electronics by the 20th century.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Push-pull" is said worldwide
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pousse-tire
Transliteration: /pus tiʁ/
"Les facteurs de pousse-tire influencent les flux migratoires."
Push-Pull
Transliteration: /ˈpʊʃpʊl/
"Dieses Modell erklärt Migrationsströme durch Push-Pull-Faktoren."
spinta e trazione
Transliteration: /ˈspinta e tratˈtsjone/
"I fattori di spinta e trazione determinano i movimenti di popolazione."
de atracción y expulsión
Transliteration: /de a.tɾakˈsjon i eks.pulˈsjon/
"La teoría de atracción y expulsión explica las migraciones."
atração e repulsão
Transliteration: /a.tɾaˈsãw i ʁe.puwˈsãw/
"Os fatores de atração e repulsão moldam os fluxos migratórios."
खिंचाव और धकेल
Transliteration: /kʰɪɲtʃɑːv ɔːr d̪ʱɛ.kɛl/
"आप्रवासन में पुश-फैक्टर्स और पुल-फैक्टर्स महत्वपूर्ण हैं।"
推拉
Transliteration: tuī lā
"人口流动通常受推拉因素的驱动。"
밀고 당기기
Transliteration: /mil.go daŋ.gi.gi/
"이주 현상은 다양한 밀고 당기기 요인에 의해 발생합니다."
プッシュプル
Transliteration: pusshupuru
"人口移動モデルにはプッシュプル要因が考慮されます。"
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