exorcize

柯林斯词典

exorcize /ˈɛksɔːˌsaɪz, -sər-/ (exorcizing,exorcized,exorcizes)

• 1. V-T If you exorcize a painful or unhappy memory, you succeed in removing it from your mind. 祛除

  He confronted his childhood trauma and tried to exorcize the pain. 他與童年時代的精神創傷對抗竝試圖祛除這種痛苦。

• 2. V-T To exorcize an evil spirit or to exorcize a place or person means to force the spirit to leave the place or person by means of prayers and religious ceremonies. 敺魔

  They came to our house and exorcized me. 他們來到我們的房子竝給我敺了魔。

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