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15世紀(jì)初期進(jìn)入英語，直接源自古法語的desmis；最初源自古典拉丁語的dimissus(dimittere的過去分詞）：di (分開） + mittere (送出），意為分別送出。

dismiss的基本意思是“不再保有或同意離開”,指自動或被迫脫離所負(fù)的責(zé)任或所任的職務(wù)。引申可作“置之不理”“不加考慮”解。
dismiss作“解雇”解時,并不追究事情的前因后果,故雙方均可接受,語氣較為平和。
dismiss用作及物動詞,可接名詞或代詞作賓語,還可接以as短語充當(dāng)補足語的復(fù)合賓語。
dismiss在其賓語后面接介詞as時,動詞賓語和介詞賓語都指事,表示“當(dāng)作…時而不予考慮”。賓語后接介詞for,介詞賓語指事(可以是名詞或動名詞),表示解雇的原因。賓語后接介詞from,介詞賓語指地位和職務(wù)時,表示“解雇,免職”; 介詞賓語指思想時,表示“打消念頭”。
dismiss用于法律上時,還有“駁回”的意思,常用于被動式。

The new governor dismissed the staff that served his predecessors.
新州長將前任州長的職員全部解雇。

(NOT TAKE SERIOUSLY) to decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering
(END JOB) to remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong
(SEND AWAY) to formally ask or order someone to leave

If you dismiss something, you decide or say that it is not important enough for you to think about or consider.
If you dismiss something from your mind, you stop thinking about it.
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.
If you are dismissed by someone in authority, they tell you that you can go away from them.
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.