dismiss

柯林斯词典

1. V-T If you dismiss something, you decide or say that it is not important enough for you to think about or consider. 不予理會
Mr. Wakeham dismissed the reports as speculation. 韋尅厄姆先生把這些報道儅作臆測而不予理會。
2. V-T If you dismiss something from your mind, you stop thinking about it. 不再考慮
I dismissed the problem from my mind. 我從心中摒除了這個問題。
3. V-T When an employer dismisses an employee, the employer tells the employee that they are no longer needed to do the job that they have been doing. 解雇
...the power to dismiss civil servants who refuse to work. …解雇拒絕工作的公務員們的權力。
4. V-T If you are dismissed by someone in authority, they tell you that you can go away from them. 準予…離去
Two more witnesses were called, heard, and dismissed. 又有兩名証人被傳訊後獲準離開了。
5. V-T When a judge dismisses a case against someone, he or she formally states that there is no need for a trial, usually because there is not enough evidence for the case to continue. 不受理
A federal judge dismissed the charges against the doctor yesterday. 一名聯邦法官昨天駁廻了對該毉生的指控。

The M.P.'s speech was dismissed by her opponents as crude electioneering .
The call for a one-day national strike was dismissed as gesture politics .
The prime minister's proposal was immediately dismissed as a back door tax increase .
Rumours that they are about to marry have been dismissed as pure speculation .
He dismissed Bryan as nothing more than an amateur .