[with obj.](常作 be banished)send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment 放逐,流放 a number of people were banished to Siberia for political crimes. 很多人因政治犯罪被流放到西伯利亚。 ■get rid of, abolish, or forbid (something unwanted) 清除;废除 all thoughts of romance were banished from her head. 她清除了脑中所有的浪漫想法。
派生 banishment noun 语源
late Middle English : from Old French baniss-, lengthened stem banir; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ban