| 单词 | dismissal |
| 释义 | dismissal (once / 1191 pages) n The act of sending someone away or firing them is dismissal. Your friend's dismissal from the pizza place where he kept dropping the dough on the floor means he's looking for a new job — preferably not in food service. When a school bell rings at the end of the day, signaling that students can leave, that's one kind of dismissal. Bad news from a boss that the company is laying you off is also a dismissal, and when a judge rules that a trial is over and the case has been dropped, it's yet another kind of dismissal. The word comes from dismiss, "send away," from the Latin root dimittere, "send different ways" or "break up." WORD FAMILYdismissal: dismissals+/dismiss: dismissal, dismissed, dismisses, dismissible, dismissing, dismission, dismissive/dismission: dismissions/dismissive: dismissively USAGE EXAMPLESMost cases in the district courts end in plea bargains, settlements or pretrial dismissals. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Such increasingly common dismissals of spiritual existence trickle into popular thought and even into everyday language. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) The dismissals are common as one administration succeeds another. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n the sending away of someone; permission to go Hyper permission approval to do something 2n a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial Syn|Hyper judgement of dismissal, judgment of dismissal judgement, judgment, judicial decision (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it 3n official notice that you have been fired from your job Syn|Hypo|Hyper dismission, pink slip marching orders, walking papers (informal) a notice of dismissal or discharge notice advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract 4n the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) Syn|Hypo|Hyper discharge, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking superannuation the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension) conge, congeean abrupt and unceremonious dismissal removaldismissal from office deactivation, inactivationbreaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) honorable dischargea discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record dishonorable dischargea discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder) Section Eighta discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable purgean abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place conclusion, ending, termination the act of ending something |
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