- [uncountable, countable] expulsion (from…)
the act of forcing somebody to leave a place; the act of expelling somebody 驱逐；逐出 These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。 Troops are engaged in the expulsion of enemy forces from the area. 部队正忙于将敌军驱逐出该地区。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- automatic
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- [uncountable, countable] expulsion (from…)
the act of sending somebody away from a school or an organization, so that they can no longer belong to it; the act of expelling somebody 开除；除名 The headteacher threatened the three girls with expulsion. 校长以开除来威胁这三名女学生。 The club faces expulsion from the football league. 这家俱乐部面临被足协开除。
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationc2His disruptive behaviour was felt to be sufficient grounds for his expulsion. 他破坏秩序的行为被视为驱逐他的充分理由。 Several pupils now face expulsion. 几名学生现在面临开除。 The government ordered the immediate expulsion of the two men. 政府命令立即将这两个人驱逐出境。 an ex-party member who intends to appeal against his expulsion 打算对被开除党籍提出上诉的前党员 her expulsion from the society 她被社会所抛弃
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- automatic
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- grounds for expulsion
- [uncountable] expulsion (from…) (formal)
the act of sending or driving a substance out of your body or a container 排出 the expulsion of air from the lungs 从肺中排出空气。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin expulsio(n-), from expellere ‘drive out’, from ex- ‘out’ + pellere ‘to drive’.