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exorcise sb/sth
宾语常为魔鬼、邪灵等，主语常为神职人员或行仪式者。
The ritual is meant to exorcise the evil spirit.
这个仪式旨在驱除邪灵。
驱邪；除怪
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驱邪；除怪
expel (an evil spirit) by prayer or adjuration
The ritual is meant to exorcise the evil spirit.
这个仪式旨在驱除邪灵。
尤指以咒语或祈祷驱除邪灵。
To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.
使(人、场所或物品)摆脱邪灵。
To rid (a person, place or thing) of an evil spirit.
exorcise
Base
原形
exorcises
3rd person
第三人称单数
exorcising
-ing
现在分词
exorcised
Past
过去式
exorcised
Past participle
过去分词
The priest exorcises the evil spirit from the house.
牧师把邪灵从房子里驱除出去。
They exorcised the ghost last night.
他们昨晚驱走了那个鬼魂。
She has exorcised her fear of public speaking.
她已经消除了对公开演讲的恐惧。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为 exorcised；常用于驱除邪灵或消除恐惧等抽象事物。
The priest performed a ceremony to exorcise the evil spirit from the old house.
牧师举行仪式，把邪灵从老房子里驱除出去。
They called a specialist to exorcise the ghost that was disturbing the family.
他们请来一位专家，驱除困扰这户人家的鬼魂。
In the film, a young woman tries to exorcise the demon possessing her brother.
影片中，一位年轻女子试图驱除附在她弟弟身上的恶魔。
宾语常为魔鬼、邪灵等，主语常为神职人员或行仪式者。
The ritual is meant to exorcise the evil spirit.
这个仪式旨在驱除邪灵。
用 from 引出被驱除的处所或人，表示把邪灵从哪里赶走。
The shaman exorcised the ghost from the old house.
萨满把鬼魂从老房子里驱走。
Not this
The ceremony is meant to exercise evil spirits.
Use this
The ceremony is meant to exorcise evil spirits.
Exorcise 和 exercise 拼写相近但意义完全不同：exorcise 意为“驱除（鬼怪）”，而 exercise 是“锻炼/练习”。这里需要及物动词 exorcise 来表示驱邪，不能用 exercise。
Not this
The exorcise of the haunted house took a long time.
Use this
The exorcism of the haunted house took a long time.
exorcise 是动词，不能直接用作名词。表示“驱邪”这一动作或仪式时，应使用其名词形式 exorcism。在主语位置使用 exorcise 不符合英语语法，改为 exorcism 后句子才正确。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
驱除恶魔
The villagers called in a shaman to exorcise the demon that had been tormenting their livestock.
村民们请来一位萨满，驱除一直折磨他们牲口的恶魔。
驱赶邪灵
The ritual is believed to exorcise evil spirits from the sick.
人们相信这种仪式能驱赶病人身上的邪灵。
驱鬼
No one could sleep until the monk came to exorcise the ghost from the old inn.
直到和尚来驱走旧客栈里的鬼魂，大家才得以安睡。
驱除魔鬼
The priest tried to exorcise the devil from the boy.
牧师试图从男孩身上驱除魔鬼。
给闹鬼的房子驱邪
They hired a medium to exorcise the haunted house before moving in.
他们搬进去之前雇了一位灵媒给闹鬼的房子驱邪。
驱除心魔；克服内心的恐惧
She went to therapy to exorcise her demons.
她去接受心理治疗，以驱除心魔。
摆脱过去的阴影
The club still needs to exorcise the ghosts of its turbulent history.
这家俱乐部仍然需要摆脱动荡历史的阴影。
放下过去；与过去和解
It took him years to exorcise the past and move on.
他花了好几年才放下过去，继续前行。
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记忆联想：ex(向外)+orc(恶鬼)，把恶鬼赶出体外，即驱邪除怪。
语域：formal 常见场景：宗教仪式、灵异题材报道、文学作品 该词多用于宗教或灵异语境，属于较正式的书面词，日常生活中较少使用。
exorcise 读作 /ˈeksɔːsaɪz/。没有常见词和它从重读音节起完全押韵；size、prize、surprise 只是末尾同有 /aɪz/ 的音，exercise 是拼写上的形近词，但中间元音为 /ə/，不是 /ɔː/，发音并不相同；precise、concise 拼写以 -cise 结尾，但读作 /saɪs/（清音），不是 /saɪz/，需注意。
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