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ex·or·cise AHD[ĕkʹsôr-sīz', -sər-] D.J.[ˈeksɔːˌsaɪz, -sə-]K.K.[ˈɛksɔrˌsaɪz, -sə-]v.tr.(及物动词)ex.or.cised, ex.or.cis.ing, ex.or.cis.es - To expel (an evil spirit) by or as if by incantation, command, or prayer.驱赶:用念咒、命令或祈祷的方法驱走(恶魔),或采用类似的方法
- To free from evil spirits or malign influences.驱邪:摆脱邪恶的灵魂或不好的影响
- Middle English exorcisen 中古英语 exorcisen
- from Late Latin exorcizāre 源自 后期拉丁语 exorcizāre
- from Greek exorkizein 源自 希腊语 exorkizein
- ex- [ex-] ex- [前缀,表“出自…”]
- horkizein [to make one swear] from horkos [oath] horkizein [让某人发誓] 源自 horkos [誓言]
exʹorcis'er n.(名词)注释- An oath is to be found at the etymological heart ofexorcise, a term going back to the Greek wordexorkizein, meaning "to swear in,” "to take an oath by,” "to conjure,” and "to exorcise.” Exorkizein in turn is formed from the prefixex-, "thoroughly,” and the verb horkizein, "to make one swear, administer an oath to,” derived from horkos, "oath.” Our wordexorcise is first recorded in English in a work composed possibly before the beginning of the 15th century, and in this useexorcise means "to call up or conjure spirits" rather than "to drive out spirits,” a sense first recorded in 1546.誓言在语源学中是exorcise 的基本意思, 而这个词又可以追溯到希腊语exorkizein, 后者意味着“宣誓”、“发誓”、“恳求”和“驱赶”。 Exorkizein 依次由含有“完全地”这个意思的前缀ex- 和含有“使发誓,在誓言约束下”这个意思的动词 horkizein 构成,后者源自 horkos “誓言”。 我们现在用的exorcise 最早在英文中的记录出自一本可能早于15世纪初写的一本著作中。 在当时,exorcise 通常意味着“召回灵魂”, 而不是1546年才最早记录到的“驱赶鬼魂”这个含义
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