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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary dis·miss ETYMOLOGY Middle English, modification of Latin dimissus,past participle of dimittere, from dis- + mittere to send DATE 15th century 1. to permit or cause to leave dismissed the visitors 2. to remove from position or service : discharge dismissed the thievish servant 3. a. to reject serious consideration of dismissed the thought b. to put out of judicial consideration dismissed all charges • dis·mis·sive·ly adverb English Etymology dismiss early 15c., from O.Fr . desmis, from M.L. dismissus, from L.dimissus, pp. of dimittere "send away," from di- "apart, away" + mittere "send, let go." Prefix altered by analogy with many dis-verbs. Dismit, in the same sense, is attested from late 14c.Related: Dismissed.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ 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 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English dismiss verb 1 decide sth is not important ADV. quickly | out of hand, summarily He dismissed her suggestion out of hand. | easily, lightly, readily Children's fears should never be dismissed lightly. | contemptuously She contemptuously dismissed their complaints. VERB + DISMISS cannot/could not, unable to | be difficult to, be easy to, be possible to It was not easy to dismiss the matter from his thoughts. | try to PREP. as, from She dismissed their arguments as irrelevant. She tried to dismiss the idea from her mind. 2 remove sb from a job ADV. fairly | unfairly, wrongfully The court ruled that Ms Hill had been unfairly dismissed. | constructively | summarily PREP. from He was summarily dismissed from his job. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: DIVORCE 2, put away, unmarry 2 Synonyms: DECLINE 4, disapprove, refuse, reject, reprobate, repudiate, spurn, turn down 3 to let go from one's employ or service FF1C;during the recession thousands of employees were dismissedFF1E; Synonyms: ax, boot (out), bounce, ||can, cashier, discharge, disemploy, drop, fire, kick out, let out, sack, terminate, turn off Related Words: depose, deselect, displace, furlough, lay off, remove, retire, suspend, unseat; reject, turn away; riff Idioms: give one the gate (or one's walking papers), let go; give the ax (or the can) to Contrasted Words: hire; contract, engage; get, obtain, procure, secure Antonyms: employ 4 Synonyms: EJECT 1, boot (out), chase, chuck, evict, extrude, kick out, out, throw out Related Words: cast, discard, shed, slough Idioms: send one to Coventry 5 to refuse to consider seriously FF1C;dismisses the other performers as mere amateursFF1E; Synonyms: kiss off, pooh-pooh Related Words: deride, mock, rally, ridicule, taunt, twit; flout, gibe, gird, jeer, scoff; contemn, despise, disdain, scorn, scout; reject Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged dis·miss I. \də̇ˈsmis\ verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: modification (influenced by dis-) of Latin dimissus, past participle of dimittere, from di- (from dis- apart) + mittere to send — more at dis- , smite transitive verb 1. a. : to grant or furnish leave to depart : permit or cause to leave < after instructing him, the master dismissed the servant > b. : to send away severally : disband , disperse < dismiss one's retainers > specifically : to order (a military unit) to break ranks at the end of a formation 2. a. : to divorce (a wife) by sending away or repudiating b. : reject < forlorn as a dismissed suitor > 3. : to send or remove from employment, enrollment, position, or office < 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 : to discharge (a military officer or cadet) without honor by reason of a sentence to dismissal by a general court-martial 4. a. : to put out of one's mind : cease further consideration of :refuse to consider seriously < 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. : to put (a legal action or a party) out of judicial consideration :refuse to hear or hear further in court 5. : to put out (a batsman) in cricket intransitive verb : to break ranks : disperse < when the drill was over the company dismissed > Synonyms: discharge , cashier , drop , sack , fire , bounce : dismiss in the sense of letting go from employment, position, or service is more comprehensive in its use than any of its synonyms and less suggestive or rich in connotation < 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. noun (-es) obsolete : dismissal |
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