expel [ɪk'spel/ vt. 逐出
點擊收聽音頻朗讀單詞+句子:
例句:
They were told that they should expel the refugees.
他們被告知應該逐出那些難民。
Foreign journalists are being expelled.
外國記者被驅逐出境。
英語解釋:
If people are expelled from a place, they are made to leave it, often by force. 逐出
記憶:
ex- ="out of, away, from", "upwards, completely, deprive of, without", "former". 表示"出,出去;前任;外面"等。
pel- =drive,push,表示"驅動,推",來自拉丁語的pel,puls 意為 to drive ,它們的變形為peal。filt-引申為過濾。
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