banishban•ish /'bænɪʃ/

vt

1. 开除，赶走

• The boys banished him from their game because he was much cleverer than them. 男孩子们不让他参加游戏，因为他比他们要聪明许多。

2. 把…流放，放逐

• The dissidents were banished to Siberia. 持不同政见者被流放到了西伯利亚。

3. 消除(想法等)；消除

• banish sorrow 排解悲愁

–banishment n U