expel
英 [?k'spel; ek-]
美[?k'sp?l]
- vt. 驱逐；开除
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词态变化
第三人称单数:?expels;过去式:?expelled;过去分词:?expelled;现在分词:?expelling;
助记提示
1、ex- "out" + -pel "drive".
2、含义：drive out, eject from a school.
3. 推到门外，推出去。
2、含义：drive out, eject from a school.
3. 推到门外，推出去。
中文词源
expel 驱逐
ex-, 向外。-pel, 驱使，词源同pulse, impel.
英文词源
- expel
- expel: see pulse
- expel (v.)
- late 14c., "cast out," from Latin expellere "drive out, drive away," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + pellere "to drive" (see pulse (n.1)). Specific meaning "to eject from a school" is first recorded 1640s. Related: Expelled; expelling.
双语例句
- 1. They threatened to expel him from his adoptive country.
- 他们威胁将他驱逐出他的移居国。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. the routine tit for tat when countries expel each other's envoys
- 国家相互驱逐对方使节这种惯常的报复行动
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The regional governor has been given powers to outlaw strikes and expel suspected troublemakers.
- 地方长官被赋予禁止罢工、驱逐嫌疑闹事者的权力。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. It was the dream of Isabella's life to expel them for ever.
- 把他们永远从这片土地上赶出去是伊莎贝拉一生的愿望.
来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
- 5. They were told at first that they should simply expel the refugees.
- 一开始有人告诉他们应该直接将那些难民驱逐出境。
来自辞典例句