英语词汇“dismiss”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINdismiss

Origin:

1400-1500 Latin dimissus, past participle of dimittere ‘to send away’

VERB TABLE

dismiss

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	dismiss
	he, she, it	dismisses
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	dismissed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have dismissed
	he, she, it	has dismissed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had dismissed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will dismiss
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have dismissed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am dismissing
	he, she, it	is dismissing
	you, we, they	are dismissing
Past	I, he, she, it	was dismissing
	you, we, they	were dismissing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been dismissing
	he, she, it	has been dismissing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been dismissing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be dismissing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been dismissing

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

One leader dismissed the conference's findings on the environment as unproven.
Richards dismissed criticism that the Red Cross has not educated the public about AIDS.
The argument for higher tariffs cannot be dismissed out of hand.
The judge dismissed most of the police evidence, saying it was clearly fabricated.
The murder charge against Beckwith has been dismissed.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

After careful consideration of all the evidence and relevant law the Tribunal either upholds or dismisses the appeal.
He dismissed newspaper reports that he had expressed concern about the possibility of a recession.
That is how it dismisses the coal industry.
The company, which has dismissed most of its staff, said it had debt of $ 274 million.
The thin man poked the children and asked questions which the doctor dismissed.
We can not dismiss evil as some vague spiritual force that presides outside of human behavior.
When this became tiresome, he tried to dismiss the game altogether, only to find that he could not.

Longman Language Activatorto state very firmly that you do not agree with something► reject

· The belief that the children of working mothers suffer is rejected by most child psychologists.· The audience is free to accept or reject Stone's interpretation of the facts.reject a suggestion/idea/notion etc that · Bush rejected suggestions that his tax cuts favored the most wealthy.· The author rejected accusations that his novel is blasphemous, but apologized for any offense it had caused.

► not accept

to not accept a statement, explanation, or decision because you think it is wrong or untrue: · Our managers claim the new system will increase efficiency but I don't accept that.· He said he wouldn't accept any excuses for missing the deadline.

► dismiss

to refuse to accept someone's opinions, suggestions, proof etc without even considering it: · The judge dismissed most of the police evidence, saying it was clearly fabricated.· One leader dismissed the conference's findings on the environment as unproven.dismiss something out of hand (=dismiss completely without any consideration at all): · The argument for higher tariffs cannot be dismissed out of hand.

WORD SETS► Cricket

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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYnouns► dismiss an idea/suggestion

· Both actors dismissed any idea of a romantic relationship between them.

► dismiss a notion

formal (=idea)· The Minister dismissed the notion that he had cut petrol tax because of the forthcoming by-election.

► dismiss a possibility

· The prime minister dismissed the possibility of an early election.

► dismiss a claim

· An industrial tribunal dismissed his claim of unfair discrimination.

► dismiss an allegation/charge

· She claimed that she was honest and dismissed the allegations against her.

► dismiss a thought

· Was he lying? I tried to dismiss the thought.

► dismiss fears

· The Transport Minister dismissed fears that the Cotswold railway line would close.

► dismiss criticism

· He dismissed criticism of the country's human rights record.

adverbs► easily/lightly

(=without much thought)· This is a question that cannot be dismissed lightly.

phrases► dismiss something out of hand

(=immediately, without thinking about it)· It's an interesting idea so don't dismiss it out of hand.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► deny/dismiss an accusation

· The government denied accusations of corruption.

► dismiss/throw out/turn down an appeal

(=not give permission for a decision to be changed)· The taxpayer's appeal was dismissed and the penalty upheld.

► be discharged/dismissed from the army

· He developed epilepsy, a condition which led to him being discharged from the army.

► dismiss/throw out a case

(=officially stop it from continuing)· The case was thrown out by New York state’s highest court.

► dismiss the charges

(=say that a court case should not continue)· If there is insufficient evidence, the court will dismiss the charges.

► a court dismisses/throws out something

(=refuses to allow or consider something)· The court dismissed his appeal against conviction.

► dismiss/sack an employee

(=stop employing them because they have behaved badly or broken a rule)· Seven employees were dismissed for misconduct.

► reject/dismiss a notion

· Aristotle rejected the notion that the body and the soul are separate.

► be dismissed from a post

(=be told to leave)· As a result of the scandal, he was dismissed from his post.

► dismiss a report

(=refuse to consider it because you believe it is not true)· A Treasury official yesterday dismissed the reports as ‘pure speculation’.

► dismiss speculation

(=say that it is not true)· He dismissed speculation that he might run for president.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► as

· This absence of feeling, I dismissed as damaged nerve endings.· Some one had proposed something about her sister accompanying her on blocks, but that scheme was quickly dismissed as too complicated.· But Timothy Gedge couldn't be dismissed as easily as that.· The concept of reason and all speculation about personal opinion would ever after be dismissed as tribal, beliefs fabricated by sects.· Intellectuals were dismissed as uncreative and unproductive.· After a brief debate in the parliament, his scheme was dismissed as inappropriate.· Such students may seem to lack initiative and may even be dismissed as dull.· Her successes are dismissed as tawdry, her claims to original exploration comprehensively deflated.

► unfairly

· The tribunal ruled she was unfairly dismissed from her £14,000-a-year job at the union's regional headquarters in Edge Lane, Liverpool.· Once the protection is acquired, the employee can make a claim that he or she has been unfairly dismissed.· If a person is unfairly dismissed he may be awarded compensation.· He said something about they'd been unfairly dismissed.· Three remedies are available for persons found to have been unfairly dismissed: reinstatement, re-engagement or compensation.· They will both claim that they were unfairly dismissed because the other was the culprit but that is not the issue.· I came to reinstate two young girls who were dismissed unfairly from my household.· Employees are scared to enforce their rights because if they did they would be unfairly dismissed.

NOUN► action

· I would allow the appeal and dismiss the plaintiffs' action.· The Supreme Court last June dismissed an action brought by six members of Congress, saying they lacked legal standing.· That does not mean that we should dismiss the need for action beyond the investigation of the events themselves.· A federal judge had dismissed the action, and the appeals court overturned that decision.· The judge dismissed the action but the Court of Appeal allowed the plaintiffs' appeal and granted the declaration sought.

► allegation

· The resistance movement dismissed the allegations.· Microsoft dismissed the allegations as unfounded, saying its practices were specifically allowed by the consent decree.· The chief justice's supporters dismiss the allegations of racism as preposterous.

► appeal

· Failure to attend Court on said date may result in the appeal being dismissed, and a warrant issued for your apprehension.· In my view the appeal should be dismissed.· In my judgment, it is impossible to say that that decision is wrong and this appeal will be dismissed.· The taxpayer's appeal was dismissed and the penalty upheld.· I would allow the appeal and dismiss the plaintiffs' action.· The taxpayer's appeal was accordingly dismissed.· The Court of Appeal similarly dismissed the taxpayers' further appeal.

► application

· I therefore dismiss the father's application.· The Divisional Court dismissed the applications.· On 18 March the judge dismissed the applications.· On that ground he dismissed the father's application for the return of the child.· Potts J. dismissed the defendants' application to strike out the statement of claim as disclosing no reasonable cause of action.· For the reasons which I have given, I would dismiss this application for judicial review.

► argument

· Now, one can dismiss Mr Toner's argument as special pleading.· The judge dismissed arguments by Collins that release of the pretrial hearing documents would inevitably cause jurors to learn about their contents.· In his latest book on fertility decline, J.A. Banks dismisses the argument that fertility control results from economically rational behaviour.· Most readers have had a predilection to dismiss the arguments and speculations.

► case

· Once again the magistrate dismissed the case against him.· As a result of this incident, Mailloux was dismissed and took his case to court.· The police had summonsed the wrong man, and the court dismissed the case against him.· As a result, the bankruptcy court dismissed their case in September 1993· She did so, and he dismissed the case.· But a judge dismissed the criminal case a few months later, because the statute of limitations had expired.· Then the original examining magistrate was dismissed from the case for making such a muddle of it.· Allstate, which declined to comment on the suit, settled in November after a judge refused to dismiss the case.

► charge

· Winter denies the allegation and those who know him dismiss the charge as absurd.· In September, the committee dismissed three charges against Gingrich but at least four more are unresolved.· I shall probably even dismiss the charges against you.· Cuyahoga County judge Patrick Curran ruled police had no right searching Mesa's car and dismissed the gun charge.· The court dismissed the charge against him when the prosecution offered no evidence.· When prosecutors refused to disclose information about their procedures, a federal district judge dismissed the charges against the five defendants.· At the hearing of the information, the stipendiary magistrate dismissed the charge.· A grand jury decided Wednesday to dismiss charges against the first Texan to shoot and kill some one with a licensed concealed handgun.

► claim

· But a judge dismissed her compensation claim.· She said it would be premature to dismiss the racketeering claim or rule out damages.· But it could also be used to dismiss the claims, even of empiricists, that they knew how nature works.· He dismissed as unreasonable her claim that she should have enough to buy her own farm.· We can not dismiss claims about, say, alternative medicine or acupuncture a priori.· Is that a reason to dismiss them or their claims?· At first instance the trial judge dismissed the claim.· Nolan J. dismissed the claim but the Court of Appeal, by a majority, reversed his decision.

► court

· The police had summonsed the wrong man, and the court dismissed the case against him.· Finding that the superintendent was carrying out an official duty when making these comments, the court dismissed the suit against him.· The court dismissed the charge against him when the prosecution offered no evidence.· As a result, the bankruptcy court dismissed their case in September 1993· The Divisional Court dismissed the applications.· The Supreme Court last June dismissed an action brought by six members of Congress, saying they lacked legal standing.· A lower court has already dismissed their cases.· McNamee back to the court that dismissed his previous appeal in 1991.

► employee

· The protest was held in opposition to government plans to dismiss 25,000 state employees in order to reduce fiscal spending by 42 percent.· Even if the reason is economic, technical or organisational the employer must still act reasonably in selecting and dismissing each employee.· An employer who wants to dismiss an employee must give proper notice.· Given that redundancy is a fair reason for dismissing an employee, a redundant employee can not usually claim unfair dismissal.· Therefore, a purchaser would avoid automatically assuming liabilities by requiring a vendor to dismiss all or some employees prior to completion.· A Charter of Rights for Employees, including making it unlawful to dismiss an employee for industrial action.· The employers learned of the letters and summarily dismissed the employees for gross misconduct.· It was held that the employer was entitled to summarily dismiss the employee for this unauthorized use of the password.

► government

· Gavin, since been dismissed by local government union Nalgo, was a full-time union official representing thousands of council employees.· On Aug. 6, 1990, the President dismissed the Bhutto government and ordered fresh elections to be held on Oct. 24.· At present, the president has the constitutional power to dismiss an elected government for large scale misdemeanours.· His views were dismissed by the government, which portrayed the riots as merely criminal acts.· But this has failed to deliver results because each dismissed government has been replaced by a yet more irresponsible one.

► hand

· Yet there are a few hints that the possibility of specific performance even of these judgments should not be dismissed out of hand.· The bankrupt cattle barons dismissed thousands of hired hands, who were forced to find new careers.· But you want to try these pickups before you dismiss them out of hand.· That is an unlikely enough scenario to dismiss out of hand, though.· That idea can be dismissed out of hand.· After dismissing it out of hand, the neighbor called back the same night and said it might be worth considering.· But he hardly dismisses experiential knowledge out of hand.

► idea

· I dismissed the idea that Tam and Richie might have found their own way there.· They can always find a disease organism somewhere as a way of dismissing the idea of air pollution.· And them she suddenly wondered if her son and Lee ... she dismissed the idea equally swiftly; she would know.· New Democrat Gore dismissed the idea.· This has led some doctors to dismiss the whole idea of chemical sensitivity and claim that all such patients are hyperventilating.· Yet why should we dismiss the idea out of hand as some advocates of megalithic spirituality seem to do?· If they don't, one should dismiss the idea of cars unable to get out of the garage as sensational rubbish-mongering.· Coldly, he had dismissed the idea.

► judge

· But a judge dismissed her compensation claim.· It was also last month that a federal judge refused to dismiss the state lawsuit against Desert Diamond Casino.· The judge dismissed the solicitors' summons.· But a judge dismissed the criminal case a few months later, because the statute of limitations had expired.· On 18 March the judge dismissed the applications.· When prosecutors refused to disclose information about their procedures, a federal district judge dismissed the charges against the five defendants.· At first instance the trial judge dismissed the claim.· Allstate, which declined to comment on the suit, settled in November after a judge refused to dismiss the case.

► minister

· The Prime Minister appoints ministers, reshuffles Cabinets, dismisses ministers, and promotes ministers.· Tanay himself was officially dismissed as Defence Minister on March 6 and was replaced by Maj.-Gen.· He was dismissed as Minister of Justice by Banda in 1964.· Haughey dismissed two ministers before the no confidence vote.

► notion

· Novick dismisses this notion without difficulty: the plan was considered, and found to be impractical.· There are some who dismiss the notion that results from the East will have much effect on California.· Regretfully, Gwendolen dismissed the notion.· Horton dismisses any notion that his students are being bribed to stay in school.· After initially reading the manuscript, David Kaczynski said he dismissed the notion that his brother was the Unabomber.· Florin dismissed any notion of martial law-like conditions prevailing.· Such accounts dismiss any notion of reproduction and treat consumption as wholly, as opposed to relatively, autonomous.

► possibility

· Unlike a lot of linguists, I would not dismiss the possibility.· He did not dismiss the possibility of signing a junior-college player.· During the meeting she had completely dismissed that possibility.

► post

· When the story was published, he was dismissed from his post, and had great difficulty raising money for further excavations.

► reason

· Some state laws specifically provide that tenured teachers can be dismissed for economic reasons.· Seven cases were dismissed for various reasons at the civil hearing held before Sheriff Alexander Jessop.· Riffling: Can a teacher be dismissed for economic reasons?· They'd give you low-paying-jobs, reduce your salary or simply dismiss you with no reasons given.

► suggestion

· Mr Withington dismissed suggestions the company might face a growing number of smuggling cases.· The facts here being admittedly extreme, the Court of Appeal could dismiss this suggestion without difficulty.· He dismissed suggestions of disarray over the arrangements to supply £500 million worth of programmes for next year's schedule.· For those who dismiss the suggestion, a warning.· It dismisses suggestions that acid rain is a key factor in declining tree health.

► teacher

· A dismissed teacher may seek a review of the dismissal before an arbitrator.· Examining past, present, and projected student enrollments in one district, the school board voted to dismiss four teachers.· Despite the apparent vagueness of this term, courts have ruled that it is a valid ground for dismissing teachers.