expel
美音:
[ık´spel
]英音:
[ık´spel
]v.驱逐,开除,排出,发射
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expel为六级词汇
词频:6206
词形变化:
名词:expeller 动词过去式:expelled 过去分词:expelled 现在分词:expelling 第三人称单数:expels 形容词:expellable
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pel,puls=to drive(驾驶)
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expel
/ɪk'spel; ɪk`spɛl/
v (-ll-) [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (from sth)
1 force sb to leave (esp a country, school or club) 强迫(某人)离开(尤指国家、学校或会所); 驱逐; 赶走; 开除
*Following reports of drug-taking at a boarding-school, several senior boys have been expelled. 自从某寄宿学校传出有人吸毒之後, 高年级有几个男生已被开除.
* Two attaches at the embassy were expelled from the country. 大使馆的两名随员已驱逐出境.
2 send or drive (sth) out by force 用力排出或驱出(某物)
*expel smoke from the lungs 用力呼出肺里的烟
* a fan in the kitchen for expelling cooking smells 为排出烹调气味而安装于厨房中的电扇.
expel
v past tense and past participleexpelledpresent participleexpelling [T][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;Origin: expellere, from pellere
'to drive']
to officially force someone to leave a school or organization
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expulsionexpel sb from sth Two girls were expelled from school for taking drugs. The main opposition leader was expelled from her party.expel sb for doing sth He was expelled for making racist remarks.to force a foreigner to leave a country, especially because they have broken the law or for political reasons
expel sb from sth Foreign priests were expelled from the country.expel sb for sth Three diplomats were expelled for spying.to force air, water, or gas etc out of your body or out of a container