dismiss
/dɪsˈmɪs/verb
with obj.
1- order or allow to leave; send away让…离开; 把…打发走; 遣散:
she dismissed the taxi at the corner of the road.
她在街角让出租车离开。
1.1
- discharge from employment or office, typically on the grounds of unsatisfactory performance or dishonourable behaviour(多指因为业绩不佳或不光彩的行为而)开除; 免…的职:
the prime minister dismissed five members of his cabinet.
首相罢免了他的五个内阁成员。
1.2
- no obj.(of a group assembled under someone's authority) disperse解散:
he told his company to dismiss.
他让公司解散。
1.3
- Law refuse further hearing to (a case)【律】驳回, 不受理:
the judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence.
法官因缺乏证据而驳回此案。
1.4
- Cricket end the innings of (a batsman or a side)【板球】让(击球手, 球队)退场:
Australia were dismissed for 118.
澳大利亚队因对方得118分被退场。
1.5
- deliberately cease to think about不再考虑:
he suspected a double meaning in her words, but dismissed the thought.
他怀疑她一语双关, 但又打消了这个想法。
1.6
- treat as unworthy of serious consideration对…不屑考虑:
it would be easy to dismiss him as all brawn and no brain.
很容易将他贬为四肢发达头脑简单而不予考虑。
派生词
dismissal
noundismissible
adjective词源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin dismiss-, variant of Latin dimiss- 'sent away', from the verb dimittere.