banishment noun[ U ] uk /ˈbæn.ɪʃ.mənt/ us /ˈbæn.ɪʃ.mənt/ the act of sending someone or something away from a place and not allowing them to come back: 放逐,流放 Convention delegates faced banishment for having broken the rules.在推举美国总统候选人的全国党代表大会上,违规大会代表被逐出会场。 Most area residents are very happy with the banishment of cars from the park.绿地禁止泊车,这个规定让多数小区住民十分高兴。 See
banish A period of peace followed the successful banishment of the warlords from the country. The Green candidate protested her banishment from a televised debate. convicted criminals whose sentence was banishment from the county SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Punishing someone by sending them somewhere else banish deport deport someone to somewhere deportable deportation deportee exile exiled expatriate expel expulsion extraordinary rendition rid rusticate rustication send send someone down send something off shun transport |