| 释义 |
▪ I. eject, n.|ˈiːdʒɛkt|
[ad. L. ēject-um, neut. of ējectus thrown out; see next. The term was coined by Prof. Clifford on analogy of subject, object.]
Something (viz. a sensation or mental state other than our own) which is neither an actual nor a conceivable object of our consciousness, but which is inferred to be a real existence analogous in kind to our own sensations or mental states.
1878Clifford Things-in-thems., Lect. & Ess. (1886) 275, I propose..to call these inferred existences ejects, things thrown out of my consciousness, to distinguish them from objects, things presented in my consciousness, phenomena. 1883Romanes Ment. Evol. Anim. i. 22 The evidence derived from ejects is practically regarded as good in the case of mental organizations inferred to be closely analogous to our own. 1884― in Nature XXIX. No. 747. 380 The eject of my contemplation is the mind of a dog. 1885C. L. Morgan Springs of Cond. iii. ii. 267 My neighbour's mind, feelings, motions are ejects to me; they can never be objects.
▪ II. † eˈject, pple. Obs.
[ad. L. ēject-us, f. ējicĕre, f. ē out + jacĕre to throw.]
Used as pa. pple. of next.
1432–50tr. Higden (1865) I. 123 The inhabitatores of whom somme tyme eiecte and put in captiuite. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 208 b, Now is the prynce of y⊇ worlde eiecte & casten out.
▪ III. eject, v.|ɪˈdʒɛkt|
[ad. L. ēject-āre, freq. of ējicĕre to throw out, f. ē out + jacĕre to throw; or directly f. ēject- ppl. stem of ējicĕre. As in many other Eng. vbs. identical in form with L. ppl. stems, the precise formation is somewhat doubtful; the senses are derived partly from ējicĕre, partly from ējectāre.]
1. trans. To throw out from within.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 197 Seethe the same till all the scum or earthy substance thereof be ejected. 1644Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 62 In the Queen's Garden is a Diana ejecting a fountain. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxii. 165 To reduce that indigestible substance [gold] into such a forme as may not be ejected by seidge. 1807Med. Jrnl. XVII. 221 He died..while endeavouring to eject saliva. 1830Lyell Princ. Geol. (1875) II. ii. xxxiii. 217 If stones are thrown into the Crater they are instantly ejected.
b. transf. and fig.; esp. To dart forth, emit (flames, light, etc.).
1598B. Jonson Ev. Man in Hum. ii. iii, Every look or glance mine eyes ejects [1601 mine eye objects]. 1630Drayton Muses Elyz. Nym. 78 The Carbunckle.. a flaming light And radiency eiecteth. 1620Quarles Jonah (1638) 35 His home-bred stomack's curb'd or quite ejected. 1738Brooke Jerusalem Deliv. iii. 10 His arms and eager eyes ejecting flame..Tancred came. 1742Young Nt. Th. i. 258 How groaning hospitals eject their dead!
2. To expel, drive out (by force or with indignity) from any place or position.
1555Eden Decades W. Ind. iii. vi. (Arb.) 162 Al the barbarous Kynges & Idolatours beinge eiected. 1607Shakes. Cor. iii. i. 287 To dispatch This Viporous Traitor; to eiect him hence Were but one danger. 1671Milton P.R. i. 414 Ejected, emptyed, gazed, unpityed, shun'd, A spectacle of ruin or of scorn. 1726Swift Bec's Birthday Wks. 1819 XIV. 542 If the gout should seize the head, Doctors pronounce the patient dead; But if they can..eject it to th' extremest parts, etc. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, I. viii. 270 Those inferior minds, who had ejected the master⁓spirit from their councils. 1863Fr. Kemble Resid. Georgia 57 They [two free black preachers] have lately been ejected from the place.
†b. In pass. with omission of from. Obs. (Cf. to be banished the country.)
1657J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 64 And for that they would be justified by the works of the law, were ejected the house of God. 1660T. Watson in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xvi. 11 Austin saith ‘Lord..if I might see thy face one day; but alas! were it only a day, then to be ejected heaven’.
3. To expel from a dignity or office. Also, To turn out, evict (a person) from property or possessions; esp. in Law.
1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 229 The Abbat..eiected the Kings Clarke. 1623Bingham Xenophon 127 That I might be reuenged vpon them, that had eiected vs out of our patrimony. 1653Baxter Chr. Concord 117 If they can prove their Ministers fit to be ejected, let them there prove it. 1794S. Williams Vermont 217 When the executive officers came to eject the inhabitants from their houses and lands. 1836H. Rogers J. Howe ii. (1863) 18 [The elder Howe] was not the man for Loughborough, and he was consequently ejected. 1879Froude Cæsar iii. 20 He had ejected disreputable senators from the Curia. |