ban·ish /ˈbænɪʃ/ ●○○ verb [transitiveT] 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 [uncountableU]