exorcise

exorcise

英 ['eksɔːsaɪz]
　　美 ['ɛksɔr,saɪz]

vt. 驅邪；除怪

中文詞源：

exorcise 驅魔

來自希臘語。ex-, 向外。horkos, 發誓，念咒。即念咒驅逐邪靈。比較conjure.

例句：

1. He confronted his childhood trauma and tried to exorcise the pain.
他正視自己兒時所受的創傷，努力消除心中的痛苦。

2. A priest was called in to exorcise the ghost.
請來一個牧師驅鬼.

3. And beneath this scorn there is a gloom that he cannot exorcise.
在這種藐視的下面,有一種他不能驅散的陰鬱.

4. He could not exorcise the memory of his past misdeeds.
他無法忘記自己過去的罪行.

5. Cast out devils. Jesus didn't Exorcise all Israelis.
驅趕鬼怪. 耶穌沒有驅趕所有以色列人的魔.