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单词 banish
释义 ban·ish
\ˈbanish, -ēsh, esp in pres part -əsh\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English banishen, from baniss-, stem of Middle French banir, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German ban command, prohibition — more at ban
1.
 a. : to require (a person) by authority to leave especially his own country or the country in which he is staying
  < political foes banished by the dictator >
 b. : to forbid (a person) to frequent a certain area, group or class
  < banish from court >
  < banish newsmen from the captured city >
 c. : to send (a person) away often in a summary manner : dismiss
  < stood confronting her visitor as though to banish her from the house — Robert Grant †1940 >
2.
 a. : to remove especially from a significant or dominant position : depose
  < genetic theories … are to be banished from Russian laboratories — Collier's Year Book >
  < the … towboat is fighting the railroad that banished the packet boat — Murray Schumach >
 b. : to do away with or cast out especially in a retributive, truculent, or vindictive manner
  < the club signified its displeasure by banishing his portrait from the library — American Guide Series: New York City >
  < the gray squirrels will entirely banish the old red ones — Lord Dunsany >
3. : to clear away : dissipate, dispel
 < a smudge to banish mosquitoes — B.A.Williams >
 < literacy … will banish the desperation on which communism feeds — Jerome Ellison >
 < anesthesia has done much to banish the fear of operations >
Synonyms:
 banish, exile, expatriate, ostracize, deport, transport, and extradite mean, in common, to remove by force or authority from a country, state, or sovereignty. To banish is usually to compel, usually by public edict or sentence, to leave and stay out of a country or section, although not necessarily one's own
  < the Reverend John Wheelwright, who had been banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony — American Guide Series: New Hampshire >
  < the Newtonian scheme of the universe does not banish God from the universe — Times Literary Supplement >
  < Plato wished to banish poetry utterly from the Republic because it could be intoxicating to its victims — Max Lerner & Edwin Mims >
  To exile is usually to banish a person from his own country or section or oneself voluntarily from one's own country
  < exiled to Siberia for political offenses >
  < many American writers exiled themselves in Paris >
  < the fallen champion chose to exile himself to his southern ranch — Time >
  To expatriate implies not only exile but often a loss of citizenship in one's country, often voluntarily imposed by naturalization in another country
  < a man all too willing to be expatriated >
  < expatriate oneself to England for emotional reasons for a number of years >
  To ostracize is to exclude by common consent from recognition or acceptance by society
  < a person ostracized for religious reasons >
  < the dangers inherent in ostracizing from public service men of eminence — Kimmis Hendrick >
  < after the Normans conquered England in 1066, Anglo-Saxon was ostracized from the schools >
  To deport is to banish (a person) from a country of which he is not a citizen, often to the country from which he came
  < aiding the Chinese government to deport to their homeland the remnants of Japanese forces — Current Biography >
  < an alien deported because of illegal entry into the country >
  To transport, in this sense, is to banish a person convicted of crime to a penal colony or a place regarded as like one
  < English convicts transported to Australia >
  To extradite is to deliver over (a person, usually an alleged criminal) to authorities of another jurisdiction
  < a criminal extradited by Texas at the request of Massachusetts for a confessed murder in Massachusetts >
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