dismiss
/dɪ'smɪs/
verb
FORGET 忘记
I [T]
* to decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering
对…不予理会，摒弃，（从头脑中）去除

1. I think he'd dismissed me as an idiot within five minutes of meeting me.
我认为他和我见面五分钟后就把我归入了傻瓜之列。

2. Let's not just dismiss the idea before we've even thought about it.
我们还是别不假思索就把这种想法排除在外。

3. Just dismiss those thoughts from your mind - they're crazy and not worth thinking about.
别去管那些想法了——那些想法太离谱，不值得考虑。

/dɪ'smɪs/
verb
END JOB 终止工作
[T often passive]
* to remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong
（尤指因做错事）使免职，将…解职，解雇

1. He has been dismissed from his job for incompetence.
他因无法胜任工作而被解职。

/dɪ'smɪs/
verb
SEND AWAY 打发走
[T]
* to formally ask or order someone to leave
遣散；解散

1. The teacher dismissed the class early because she had a meeting.
老师因要去开会而提前下课。

[T]
* When a judge dismisses a court case, he or she formally stops the trial, often because there is not enough proof that someone is guilty
（常指法官因证据不足而）驳回，不受理

1. The defending lawyer asked that the charge against his client be dismissed.
辩护律师请求驳回对其委托人的指控。

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☞ dismiss
dis·miss / dis5mis / verb [VN]
1. ~ sb / sth (as sth) to decide that sb / sth is not important and not worth thinking or talking about
   不予考虑；摒弃；对…不屑一提
   SYN  wave aside :
   I think we can safely dismiss their objections.
   我认为我们对他们的异议完全可以不予理会。
   Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks.
   素食主义者不再被当作怪人。
   He dismissed the opinion polls as worthless.
   他认为民意测验毫无用处而不予考虑。
   The suggestion should not be dismissed out of hand (= without thinking about it).
   这建议不应当直接就被摒弃。
2. ~ sth (from sth) to put thoughts or feelings out of your mind
   去除,消除,摒除(思想、感情等):
   Dismissing her fears, she climbed higher.
   她排除了恐惧,爬得更高了。
   He dismissed her from his mind.
   他挥去了对她的思念。
3. ~ sb (from sth) to officially remove sb from their job
   解雇；免职；开除
   SYN  fire , sack :
   She claims she was unfairly dismissed from her post.
   她声称自己被无理免职。
4. to send sb away or allow them to leave
   让(某人)离开；把(某人)打发走；解散:
   At 12 o'clock the class was dismissed.
   12 点下课了。
5. (law 律) to say that a trial or legal case should not continue, usually because there is not enough evidence
   驳回；不受理:
   The case was dismissed.
   此案已被驳回。
6. (in cricket 板球) to end the innings of a player or team
   (使击球员或球队)退场,出局

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dismiss verb

1. decide sth is not important

• ADVERB quickly | immediately, out of hand, summarily He ~ed her suggestion out of hand. | blithely, casually, cavalierly (esp. AmE), easily, lightly, readily, simply Children's fears should never be ~ed lightly. | contemptuously She contemptuously ~ed their complaints. | completely, entirely, outright His plan was ~ed outright by his friends. | routinely Such reports are routinely ~ed as hysteria.

• VERB + DISMISS be unable to, cannot | not be possible to It is no longer possible to ~ the link between climate change and carbon emissions. | be difficult to, be easy to It is easy to ~ him as nothing more than an old fool. | try to

• PREPOSITION as She ~ed their arguments as irrelevant. | from She tried to ~ the idea from her mind.

2. remove sb from a job

• ADVERB fairly | unfairly, wrongfully (esp. BrE) The court ruled that Ms Hill had been unfairly ~ed. | constructively (BrE) | summarily

• PREPOSITION from He was summarily ~ed from his job.

Dismiss is used with these nouns as the subject: court, judge, tribunal
Dismiss is used with these nouns as the object: accusation, allegation, appeal, argument, batsman, case, charge, claim, class, complaint, concern, criticism, employee, idea, importance, indictment, juror, meeting, minister, notion, petition, possibility, report, side, speculation, staff, suggestion, suit, view, worker, worry

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dismiss verb
⇨ dismiss (dismiss a suggestion) ⇨ abolish (Case dismissed!) ⇨ fire (dismiss sb from their job)dismiss

verb

dismiss ♦︎ brush sb/sth aside ♦︎ shrug sth off/aside ♦︎ discount ♦︎ banish ♦︎ set sth aside ♦︎ laugh sth offThese words all mean to refuse to accept, talk about or think about sb/sth, especially because you think it is not important. 这些词均表示不理会。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to dismiss / brush sb / sth aside / shrug sth off / discount sth / set sth aside as irrelevant, unimportant, etc.◆to dismiss / brush aside / shrug off / discount / laugh off a suggestion◆to dismiss / brush aside / shrug off criticism◆to dismiss / brush aside / discount / banish / laugh off a fear◆to dismiss / brush aside / shrug off / banish a thought◆to dismiss / brush aside / discount / banish a / an idea◆to dismiss / brush aside / banish a / an memory◆to dismiss / shrug off / banish a feeling◆to dismiss / discount / banish sth quickly◆to dismiss / banish sth easily■ dismiss [transitive] (rather formal) to treat sth as if it is not important and not worth thinking or talking about; to put thoughts or feelings out of your mind 不理会；对⋯不屑一提；去除，摒除（思想或感情）◆I think we can safely dismiss their objections.我认为我们大可不必理会他们的异议。◆He dismissed the opinion polls as worthless.他认为民意测验毫无用处而不予考虑。◆The suggestion should not be dismissed out of hand (= without thinking about it).这个建议不应当草率地摒弃。◆Dismissing her fears, she climbed higher.驱走了恐惧之后，她朝着更高处攀登。◆He dismissed her from his mind.他摒除了对她的思念。▸ dismissal

noun

[uncountable] ◆Her casual dismissal of the threats seemed irresponsible.她对这些威胁漫不经心，不予理会，好像很不负责任。■ ˌbrush sb/sth aˈside

phrasal verb

to ignore sb/sth; to treat sb's feelings, suggestions or protests as if they are not important 不理会；漠视（别人的感情、建议或抗议）◆I tried to protest, but he brushed me aside.我试图提出抗议，可他毫不理会。◆She brushed aside my fears.她漠视我的恐惧。■ ˌshrug sth ˈoff■ ˌshrug sth aˈside

phrasal verb

(-gg-)to treat sth as if it is not important 不把⋯当回事；对⋯不予理睬◆Shrugging off her injury, she played on.她没把受伤当回事，继续进行比赛。◆He shrugged aside suggestions that he resign.对于要求他辞职的建议，他根本不理会。NOTE 辨析 Brush sth aside or shrug sth off?You brush aside concerns or fears that are important to sb else, you shrug off sth about yourself that other people expect you to be upset about. * brush sth aside指对别人的忧虑或恐惧不予理会，shrug sth off指对别人以为你会苦恼的事情满不在乎。■ discount dɪsˈkaʊnt, NAmE also ˈdɪskaʊnt [transitive] (formal) to think or say that sth is not important or not true 认为⋯不重要；漠视；对⋯不全信◆We cannot discount the possibility of further strikes.我们不能漠视再次发生罢工的可能性。◆The news reports were being discounted as propaganda.人们认为这些新闻报道不过是宣传而已，不可全信。■ banish ˈbænɪʃ [transitive] (written) to make a thought or feeling go away 赶走，排除（想法或感情）◆The sight of food banished all other thoughts from my mind.看到吃的，我别的什么都忘记了。◆He was determined to banish all feelings of guilt.他下定决心要排除内心所有的负罪感。■ ˌset sth aˈside

phrasal verb

(setting, set, set)to not consider sth, because other things are more important （因有更重要的事）暂时不考虑，暂时搁置◆Let's set aside my personal feelings for now.目前咱们就不要顾及我的个人感情了。■ ˌlaugh sth ˈoff

phrasal verb

(informal) to try to make people think that sth is not serious or important, especially by making a joke about it 一笑置之，付之一笑（尤指用笑话带过）◆He laughed off suggestions that he was going to resign.对于他要辞职的传闻，他一笑置之。

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dismiss

verb
1 the president dismissed five of his ministers
SACK , expel, oust, throw out, get rid of, lay off, make redundant, discharge, give someone the sack, give someone their notice; informal fire, send packing, kick out, boot out, give someone the boot, give someone the elbow, give someone the (old) heave-ho, give someone their marching orders, give someone the push, give someone the bullet, show someone the door; Brit. informal give someone their cards, turf out; military cashier.
-opposite(s): ENGAGE.

2 the guards reported to HQ and were dismissed
SEND AWAY , let go, release, free;
DISBAND , disperse, dissolve, discharge, demobilize.
-opposite(s): FORM, ASSEMBLE.

3 he dismissed all morbid thoughts | they dismissed any suggestion of a rift
BANISH , put away, set aside, lay aside, abandon, have done with, drop, disregard, brush off, shrug off, forget, think no more of, pay no heed to, put out of one's mind;
REJECT , deny, repudiate, spurn, scoff at, sneer at; informal pooh-pooh.
-opposite(s): ENTERTAIN.

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dismiss 摒弃
dis-, 分开，散开；miss, 送出。即送走，引申词义摈弃。

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