exorcize
exorcize
[ˈɛksɔːsʌɪz]
(亦作 -ise)
verb
[ˈɛksɔːsʌɪz]
(亦作 -ise)
verb
- [with obj.]drive out or attempt to drive out (an evil spirit) from a person or place in which it is believed to be present
驱除（邪魔）
an attempt to exorcize an unquiet spirit.
驱除作祟魔鬼的企图。
inflation has been exorcized.
通货膨胀已被消除。
■(一般作 be exorcized)rid (a person or place) of a supposed evil spirit
给（人，地方）驱邪
infants were exorcized prior to baptism.
婴儿在接受洗礼之前被驱邪。
- late Middle English: from French exorciser or ecclesiastical Latin exorcizare, from Greek exorkizein, from ex- 'out' + horkos 'oath'. The word originally meant 'conjure up or command (an evil spirit'); the specific sense of driving out an evil spirit dates from the mid 16th cent
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