• vt. 驅(qū)邪；除怪

來自希臘語。ex-, 向外。horkos, 發(fā)誓，念咒。即念咒驅(qū)逐邪靈。比較conjure.

exorcise (v.)

c. 1400, "to invoke spirits," from Old French exorciser (14c.), from Late Latin exorcizare, from Greek exorkizein "banish an evil spirit; bind by oath" (see exorcism). Sense of "call up evil spirits to drive them out" became dominant 16c. Formerly also exorcize; a rare case where -ise trumps -ize on both sides of the Atlantic, perhaps due to influence of exercise. Related: Exorcised; exorcising.

1. He confronted his childhood trauma and tried to exorcise the pain.

他正視自己兒時所受的創(chuàng)傷，努力消除心中的痛苦。

來自柯林斯例句

2. A priest was called in to exorcise the ghost.

請來一個牧師驅(qū)鬼.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. And beneath this scorn there is a gloom that he cannot exorcise.

在這種藐視的下面,有一種他不能驅(qū)散的陰郁.

來自辭典例句

4. He could not exorcise the memory of his past misdeeds.

他無法忘記自己過去的罪行.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. Cast out devils. Jesus didn't Exorcise all Israelis.

驅(qū)趕鬼怪. 耶穌沒有驅(qū)趕所有以色列人的魔.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)