ex·ile1 /ˈeksaɪl, ˈeɡzaɪl/ ●○○ noun 1 [singular, uncountableU]LEAVE YOUR HOME/COUNTRY a situation in which you are forced to leave your country and live in another country, especially for political reasons 〔尤指出于政治原因的〕流亡国外in exile a writer now living in exile 现正过着流亡生活的作家
He went into exile to escape political imprisonment. 他为了逃避政治监禁而流亡国外。
force/drive somebody into exile The house was raided and the family was forced into exile. 房子被抄,全家人被迫流亡。
He spent many years in enforced exile. 他被强制流放了许多年。
voluntary/self-imposed exile She had been in voluntary exile since 1990. 她从1990年起一直自愿流亡。
2 [countableC]LEAVE YOUR HOME/COUNTRY someone who has been forced to live in exile 被流放者;流亡国外者 → tax exilen COLLOCATIONSverbsgo into exileNapoleon's wife and sons also went into exile.
live in exileThe Guatemalan writer has lived in exile in Mexico for over 40 years.
be sent into exileThe old leaders were removed from power and sent into exile.
be forced/driven into exileMany of his political opponents have been forced into exile.
flee/escape into exileHundreds of people fled into exile or were jailed.
die in exileHe never returned to his own country, but died in exile.
return from exileMartinez returned from exile to the islands in May 1990 and was later elected president.
adjectiveslong exileThe first of many refugees have finally returned home from a long exile in Senegal.
permanent exileThe King threatened her with permanent exile.
self-imposed/voluntary exile (=when someone goes into exile willingly, without being forced)He spoke to the media from his self-imposed exile in the United States.
enforced exile (=when someone is forced to go into exile)After 12 years of enforced exile abroad, Almeyda returned home to Salvador.
internal exile (=when someone is forced to move somewhere within a country)The governor has the power to send people into internal exile in other regions.
in exile• Some of her best works were written while she was in exile.