| 单词 | exile |
| 释义 | exile (eksaɪl , egz- ) Word forms: exiles , exiling , exiled 1. uncountable noun If someone is living in exile, they are living in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons. He is now living in exile in Egypt. He returned from exile earlier this year. ...after nearly six years of exile. During his exile, he also began writing books. Synonyms: banishment, expulsion, deportation, eviction 2. verb If someone is exiled, they are living in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons. His second wife, Hilary, had been widowed, then exiled from South Africa. [be VERB-ed + from] They threatened to exile her in southern Spain. [VERB noun] ...Haiti's exiled president. [VERB-ed] 3. countable noun An exile is someone who has been exiled. 4. verb [usually passive] If you say that someone has been exiled from a particular place or situation, you mean that they have been sent away from it or removed from it against their will. He has been exiled from the first team and forced to play in third team matches. [be VERB-ed + from] Michael was exiled to the kitchen for supper. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb] Exile is also a noun. Rovers lost 4–1 and began their long exile from the First Division. [+ from] Collocations: political exile After two years of political exile he returned to the government as schools minister. Times, Sunday Times Each rose to the highest office late in life and after a long period of political exile. Times, Sunday Times Over the past few days he has emerged from his self-imposed political exile to do the rounds of television talkshows to promote his book. Times, Sunday Times Upon his release, he was forced to leave the country and become a political exile. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was also known as a place of political exile. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But it was his ill-fated western that prompted a self-imposed exile, temporarily at least. Times, Sunday Times But to finish tied fourth - as he did last year on his return to the game after self-imposed exile - should certainly have given him encouragement. Times, Sunday Times He finished tied fourth here last year in his first tournament back after a self-imposed exile and was determined to do even better this year. Times, Sunday Times They never quite make it to the border, but, in self-imposed exile from the farm, they discover how to fend for themselves. Times, Sunday Times After years of self-imposed exile, she began to feel her way back in 2007, clawing her way up the rankings and throwing herself into life on tour. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 流放, 放逐他国通常出于政治原因而 Japanese: 追放, 国外追放する |
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