| 单词 | rusticate |
| 释义 | rusticate (once / 19282 pages) 1v 2v 3v If you want to move to the countryside — especially if you desire a simple, unsophisticated life there — you may explain to people that you wish to rusticate your busy life. The verb rusticate means "to send to the countryside." If you live in the city, you may want to rusticate your kids in the summers so they can experience a different lifestyle. In Britain, another meaning of the verb is to suspend from university, as in to be punished. If you get caught breaking too many rules with your practical jokes, the dean may rusticate you for a term or two. WORD FAMILYrusticate: rusticated, rusticates, rusticating, rustication+/rustic: rustically, rusticate, rusticism, rusticity, rustics/rustication: rustications/rusticity: rusticities USAGE EXAMPLESAnd although for some of those rusticated the experience was liberating, for many others it was grim. Economist(May 12, 2016) Over the next seven years, 12 million young Chinese are rusticated, a number equivalent to about 10 percent of the urban population. Seattle Times(Jun 01, 2016) And although for some of those rusticated the experience was liberating, for many others it was grim. Economist(May 12, 2016) 1 1v live in the country and lead a rustic life Hyper domicile, domiciliate, reside, shack make one's home in a particular place or community 2v send to the country He was rusticated for his bad behavior Hyper ban, banish ban from a place of residence, as for punishment 3v lend a rustic character to 2rusticate the house in the country Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation v give (stone) a rustic look 3Hyper rebate cut a rebate in (timber or stone) v suspend temporarily from college or university, in England Syn|Hyper send down debar, suspend bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. |
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