c. 1400, "to invoke spirits," from Old French exorciser (14c.), from Late Latin exorcizare, from Greek exorkizein "banish an evil spirit; bind by oath" (see exorcism). Sense of "call up evil spirits to drive them out" became dominant 16c. Formerly also exorcize; a rare case where -ise trumps -ize on both sides of the Atlantic, perhaps due to influence of exercise. Related: Exorcised; exorcising.
实用例句
1. He confronted his childhood trauma and tried to exorcise the pain.
他正视自己儿时所受的创伤，努力消除心中的痛苦。来自柯林斯例句
2. A priest was called in to exorcise the ghost.
请来一个牧师驱鬼.来自《简明英汉词典》
3. And beneath this scorn there is a gloom that he cannot exorcise.
在这种藐视的下面,有一种他不能驱散的阴郁.来自辞典例句
4. He could not exorcise the memory of his past misdeeds.
他无法忘记自己过去的罪行.来自互联网
5. Cast out devils. Jesus didn't Exorcise all Israelis.
