banish

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ban·ish /ˈbænɪʃ/ ●○○ verb [transitive]  1  FORBIDto not allow someone or something to stay in a particular place 驱逐，赶走；驱除，排除banish somebody/something from/to something I was banished to a distant corridor. 我被赶到远处的一条走廊里。2  PGCLEAVE YOUR HOME/COUNTRYto send someone away permanently from their country or the area where they live, especially as an official punishment 放逐；将…驱逐出境 SYN exilebanish somebody from/to Thousands were banished to Siberia. 成千上万的人被流放到西伯利亚。3  THINK ABOUT literary to try to stop thinking about something or someone 消除〔想法〕；打消〔念头〕banish the memory/thought/image etc (of somebody/something) They tried to banish the memory from their minds. 他们试图抹掉心中的记忆。 —banishment noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table

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banish• The study should banish any doubts about women's ability to handle the pressures of business.• That partly explains why he was banished at the insistence of the United States and replaced by Annan.• All such speculations were banished by the sight that met his eyes as they followed the Doctor's pointing finger.• Government regulation did not end inequality or banish corporate influence in politics.• Then there followed four episodes that banished his depression.• We think we know it all now, and banish our far-flung ideas from this world into Space.• The only way to banish the bogeyman was to look him in the eye without flinching.• Napoleon was banished to the island of St Helena in 1815.banish somebody from/to• Many Soviet dissidents were banished to Siberia.banish the memory/thought/image etc (of somebody/something)• She thrust her eyes open, as if she would banish the image from them.• Yet, even doing something she so loved, she couldn't quite banish the memories.Origin banish (1300-1400) Old French banir

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to in someone allow or not stay to something Corpus

banish
ban‧ish /ˈbænɪʃ/ verb [transitive]1. to not allow someone or something to stay in a particular place
    banish somebody/something from/to something
    I was banished to a distant corridor.
2. to send someone away permanently from their country or the area where they live, especially as an official punishment
   SYN  exile
    banish somebody from/to
    Thousands were banished to Siberia.
3. literary to try to stop thinking about something or someone
    banish the memory/thought/image etc (of somebody/something)
    They tried to banish the memory from their minds.
—banishment noun [uncountable]

ban·ishBrE /ˈbænɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbænɪʃ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they banish BrE /ˈbænɪʃ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbænɪʃ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it banishes BrE /ˈbænɪʃɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbænɪʃɪz/ 🔊past simple banished BrE /ˈbænɪʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbænɪʃt/ 🔊past participle banished BrE /ˈbænɪʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbænɪʃt/ 🔊 -ing form banishing BrE /ˈbænɪʃɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbænɪʃɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sb (from…) (to…) to order sb to leave a place, especially a country, as a punishment 放逐；流放；把（某人）驱逐出境 SYN exile ◆He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。🔊🔊◆The children were banished from the dining room. 孩子们被赶出餐室。🔊🔊~ sb/sth (from sth) to make sb/sth go away; to get rid of sb/sth 赶走；驱除◆The sight of food banished all other thoughts from my mind. 看到吃的，我别的什么都忘记了。🔊🔊