exile

🇬🇧 UK/ˈeksail/🇺🇸 US/'eksail/
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Definitions

n.

The state of being banished from one's home or country; a person who has been banished

流放,放逐;流亡者,被放逐者

v.

To banish or expel someone from their home or country

流放,放逐

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
exout of, former
+
ileother
=exile

Common Collocations

  • 1.go into exile流亡
  • 2.exile from home被流放出国

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The dictator's enemies faced exile to remote islands without mercy.

  • 2.

    After the revolution, thousands chose voluntary exile in neighboring countries.

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