| 单词 | dismiss |
| 释义 | dis·miss I. transitive verb 1. a. < after instructing him, the master dismissed the servant > b. < dismiss one's retainers > specifically 2. a. b. < forlorn as a dismissed suitor > 3. < editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed — G.B.Shaw > < reserves the right to dismiss a student at any time if his conduct is considered unsatisfactory — Bulletin of Meharry Medical College > specifically 4. a. < scarcely had the thought formed itself in my mind before I dismissed it as utterly incredible — W.H.Hudson †1922 > < the older view … may now be dismissed as antiquated — Edward Sapir > < we may dismiss these harmonizers as plainly ignorant of the history of religion — M.R.Cohen > b. 5. intransitive verb < when the drill was over the company dismissed > Synonyms: < spoke of the sovereign as receiving and holding all revenues, appointing and dismissing ministers, making treaties — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink > < dismissed the night watchers from the room, and remained with her alone — George Meredith > discharge is a more stringent term in reference to cessation of employment; it suggests a more positive and forceful termination, usually permanent and often for cause < you took workmen under pressure of the most extravagant assurances of competency, and found yourself next day involved in the necessity of discharging them for egregious ignorance of what they had been hired to do — Mary Austin > < although there was some evidence supporting the employer's claim that the employee was discharged for incompetence, the company has the obligation … to act in such a manner that there can be no doubt that they are discharging him and not merely laying him off — Digest of Labor Relations Development > cashier is used in situations involving formal, decisive, summary dismissal with discredit from high position < the few sentimental fanatics who … proceeded upon the assumption that academic freedom was yet inviolable, and so got themselves cashiered, and began posturing in radical circles as martyrs — H.L.Mencken > < it wasn't every decade that the republic fathered an Oriental proconsul or that a president cashiered him — Theodore Morrison > drop, sack, fire and bounce are all more or less informal. drop is the mildest and is close to dismiss in colorlessness < he learned that he had been dropped from the army on May 31, 1834, for overstaying his leave of absence — W.J.Ghent > sack may indicate summary dismissal as contentious, incompetent, or no longer useful < “If you insist on going beyond your authority — ” “You can sack me” — Dorothy Sayers > fire may indicate sudden, peremptory, and very decisive dismissal < he was fired that afternoon when his drinking came to the boss's attention > bounce may imply being kicked out, that is, being dismissed abruptly and forcefully < Wallace had to bounce him and 20 other AAA employees because too many people complained that the group was trying to change the world too fast — Time > Synonym: see in addition eject. II. obsolete |
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