ban·ish /ˈbænɪʃ/ ●○○ verb [transitiveT]1 FORBIDto not allow someone or something to stay in a particular place 驅逐,趕走;驅除,排除banish somebody/something from/to somethingI was banished to a distant corridor. 我被趕到遠處的一條走廊裏。
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;將…驅逐出境 SYN exilebanish somebody from/toThousands were banished to Siberia. 成千上萬的人被流放到西伯利亞。
3 THINK ABOUT literary to try to stop thinking about something or someone 消除〔想法〕;打消〔念頭〕banish the memory/thought/image etc (of somebody/something)They tried to banish the memory from their minds. 他們試圖抹掉心中的記憶。
—banishment noun [uncountableU]