| 单词 | banish |
| 释义 | banish (once / 321 pages) v To banish is to get rid of. Think very carefully before you banish someone from your group. Someday, you may want that person around again. Banish rhymes with vanish, which is exactly what happens when you banish someone. Suppose a king, angry with some of his subjects, banishes them. They have to leave the kingdom and vanish — not just go home and wait for the king to change his mind. Banish comes from the Old French word banir, which means “proclaim as an outlaw.” It is serious and absolute. You can see the word ban in banish, but to ban something is not as harsh as banishing it. WORD FAMILYbanish: banished, banishes, banishing, banishment+/banishment: banishments USAGE EXAMPLESThat forced Mycroft to banish Sherlock from the UK, sending him on a mission in eastern Europe that would likely result in his death. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) That’s an old-school analog to “ghost” on the banished words list. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) SAN JOSE, Calif. — They limit their kids’ screen time, set filters on their browsers and banish digital devices from the dinner table. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1v expel, as if by official decree he was banished from his own country Syn|Hypo|Hyper bar, relegate spike stand in the way of expel, kick out, throw out force to leave or move out 2v expel from a community or group Syn|Hyper ban, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun expel, kick out, throw out force to leave or move out 3v ban from a place of residence, as for punishment Syn|Hypo|Hyper ban rusticate send to the country expel, kick out, throw out force to leave or move out 4v drive away banish bad thoughts banish gloom Hyper chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings |
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