词汇精选：dismiss的用法和辨析

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一、详细释义：

v.

解雇；免...的职；开除 [I,T]

例句：

There is doubt about the legality of the company"s action in dismiss him.

有人怀疑公司解雇他行为的合法性。

例句：

He was dismissed from his job.

他被开除了。

让...离开；把...打发走 [I,T]

例句：

Bethink ere thou dismiss us.

在你打发我们走以前再请仔细考虑一下吧。

例句：

He was dismissed from the hospital a week later.

他一周之后出了医院。

（从头脑中）去除；不再考虑；抛弃 [T]

例句：

She dismissed the idea of going to Paris.

她打消了去巴黎的念头。

例句：

My parents dismissed me.

我父母抛弃了我。

【律】驳回，不受理 [T]

例句：

The lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case against her client.

律师有一种预感，即法官将驳回他的当事人的案件。

例句：

The judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence.

法官因缺乏证据而拒不受理这宗案件。

解散；遣散 [T]

例句：

The class dismissed.

下课了。

例句：

The teacher dismissed the class on time.

教师按时下课。

二、词义辨析：

discharge,dismiss,fire

这些动词都有“解雇，开除”之意。discharge语气较重，指有理由的解雇，含几乎不再复用的意味。dismiss正式用词，是这组词中语气最轻的一个词，一般只有从上文才能看解雇的原因或理由。fire口语用词，多指被断然地突然解雇，其行动犹如开枪一样干净利落。

三、参考例句：

Bethink ere thou dismiss us.

在你打发我们走以前再请仔细考虑一下吧。

He offered to dismiss me.

他威胁要解雇我。

A judge can dismiss a lawsuit.

法官可以驳回诉讼。

And I don"t dismiss those concerns.

我并没有忽视那些担忧。【CET-4 2007.06 阅读】

The committee has decided to dismiss him.

委员会已决定辞退他。

The committee have decided to dismiss him.

委员会已决定辞退他。

Most doctors dismiss this as complete nonsense.

大多数医生认为此说法完全是胡说八道。

We can’t simply dismiss their objections.

我们不能简单地驳回他们的反对意见。

Kastner was incredulous and sought to dismiss Gauss.

卡斯特纳不相信并且企图赶走高斯。

Emil tried to dismiss from his mind the horrible thoughts.

艾米尔竭力从心头消除掉这些可怕的想法。