dismiss: [15] Ultimately, dismiss and demise [16] are the same word: both come from Old French desmis or demis ‘sent away’. These in turn came from dismissus, the medieval descendant of Latin dīmissus, which was the past participle of dīmittere, a compound verb formed from dis- ‘away’ and mittere ‘send’. In the case of dismiss, English originally acquired the word, more logically, in the form dismit, based on the Latin infinitive, but in the late 15th century dismiss, in the past participial form dismissed modelled on the French past participle, began to replace it. Demise comes from Anglo-Norman *demise, which represents a nominal use of the feminine form of Old French demis.
It was originally a technical legal term signifying the transference of property or title, and only in the 18th century came to be used for the ‘death’ which often brought this about. => commit, demise, mission, transmit
dismiss (v.)
early 15c., from Latin dimissus, past participle of dimittere "send away, send different ways; break up, discharge; renounce, abandon," from dis- "apart, away" (see dis-) + mittere "send, let go" (see mission). Prefix altered by analogy with many dis- verbs. Dismit, in the same sense, is attested from late 14c. Related: Dismissed; dismissing.
双语例句
1. The Prime Minister has the power to dismiss and appoint senior ministers.
首相有权任免高级部长。
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2. I would certainly dismiss any allegations of impropriety by the Labour Party.
对于工党指责我行为不正当，我当然不会理会。
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3. They were quick to dismiss rumours of an off-screen romance.
他们迅速否认了两人在现实生活中是情侣关系的传言。
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4. I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand.
我不会不假思索地摈弃它。
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5. I think we can safely dismiss their objections.