每日单词：banish

摘要：“Banish”源自14世纪中古英语 banisshen，来自古法语 banir（驱逐、放逐），可能追溯至法兰克语 bannjan（宣布、禁止）。最初指通过官方命令驱逐某人，后扩展为动词，意为“驱逐”或“消除”，涵盖物理和比喻含义。

banish

[BANISH]

英 ['bænɪʃ] 美 ['bænɪʃ]

vt.驱逐；流放；消除

◉词源

“Banish”源自14世纪中古英语 banisshen，来自古法语 banir（驱逐、放逐），可能追溯至法兰克语 bannjan（宣布、禁止）。最初指通过官方命令驱逐某人，后扩展为动词，意为“驱逐”或“消除”，涵盖物理和比喻含义。

◉外刊例句

① 《经济学人》（The Economist），2024年10月5日

The regime banished dissidents to remote regions.

该政权将异见人士放逐到偏远地区。

② 《纽约时报》（The New York Times），2023年11月12日

She tried to banish doubts about her decision.

她试图消除对决定的疑虑。

③ 《卫报》（The Guardian），2025年1月8日

The new policy aims to banish corruption from public offices.

新政策旨在消除公共部门的腐败。

◉经典名著

① 《哈姆雷特》（Hamlet），威廉·莎士比亚（William Shakespeare），约1600年

He was banished for his treachery.

他因背叛被放逐。

② 《简·爱》（Jane Eyre），夏洛蒂·勃朗特（Charlotte Brontë），1847年

She banished fear from her heart.

她将恐惧从心中驱散。

◉Usage Examples

(1) His lies caused his wife to banish him from the house.

(2) You can banish that idea from your mind.

(3) The doctor advised her to banish fear and anxiety.

(1) 他因说谎而被老婆驱逐出家门。

(2) 你能消除心中的那种念头。

(3) 医生劝她消除恐惧和忧虑。

◉Usage Notes

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.

◉柯林斯词典

1[VERB 动词]放逐；驱逐；流放 If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it. [be V-ed from/to n] [V n from/to n]

① John was banished from England...

约翰被逐出了英格兰。

② I was banished to the small bedroom upstairs...

我被赶到了楼上的小卧室。

③ They tried to banish him from politics.

他们试图把他逐出政界。

2[VERB 动词]消除；排除；摆脱 If you banish something unpleasant, you get rid of it. [V n]

① ...a public investment programme intended to banish the recession.

旨在摆脱经济衰退的公共投资项目

② ...diseases like malaria that have been banished for centuries.

已经被根除数世纪之久的疟疾之类的疾病

3[VERB 动词]不再去想；打消…的念头 If you banish the thought of something, you stop thinking about it. [V n] [be V-ed from/to n]