dismiss /disˈmis/ vt. 1.不再考虑：He could not so easily dismiss Christina from his mind. 要把克里斯蒂娜从他心里去掉是不容易的。Let’s dismiss the subject and talk of something else. 咱们不谈这个题目了。换个话题吧。2.免…职，解雇： We dismiss the cook because his cooking was so poor. 我们解雇了这个厨师，因为他的烹调技术很不高明。 3.解散，使散(会)：dismiss the meeting 散会The teacher dismissed the class 10 minutes early. 老师提前十分钟下课。
dismissal /disˈmisəl/ n. [u] 解雇，免职：The dismissal of five workmen caused a strike.开除五个工人引起了罢工。After the dismissal of the cook we had to make our meals ourselves.打发厨师走后我们只得自已做饭。
