单词 | banishment |
释义 | banishment|ˈbænɪʃmənt| [f. as prec. + -ment.] 1. The action of authoritatively expelling from the country; a state of exile; expatriation.
1507Bk. Gd. Mann. (W. de W.) B iij, For he..hadde kepte hym from banysshement. 1607Shakes. Cor. iv. iii. 22 The Nobles receyue so to heart, the Banishment of that worthy Coriolanus. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. I. xvi. 402 A sentence of banishment was pronounced. 1855Merivale Rom. Emp. (1875) IV. xxxviii. 333 Some exiles contrived to avoid going to their places of banishment. 2. gen. The action of peremptorily sending away; a state of enforced absence; dismissal.
1535Coverdale Ps. cxx. 5 Wo is me yt my banishment endureth so longe. a1744Pope in Lady Montague's Lett. 23 I. 70, I wish..you might pass to your banishment by the most pleasant way. 1832H. Martineau Ella of Gar. ii. 23 Their banishment was a sign that dinner was ready. |

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