单词 | exile |
释义 | ex·ile (ĕgzīl′, ĕksīl′) n. 1. a. The condition or period of being forced to live away from one's native country or home, especially as a punishment. b. The condition or period of self-imposed absence from one's country or home: a writer living in exile in protest. 2. One who lives away from one's native country, whether because of expulsion or voluntary absence. tr.v. ex·iled, ex·il·ing, ex·iles To send into exile; banish: The royal family was exiled after the uprising. [Middle English exil, from Old French, from Latin exilium, from exul, exsul, exiled person, wanderer.] ex·ilic (ĭg-zĭlĭk, ĭk-sĭl-), ex·ilian (ĭg-zĭlyən, -zĭlē-ən, ĭk-sĭlyən, -sĭlē-ən) adj. |
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