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15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的desmis；最初源自古典拉丁语的dimissus(dimittere的过去分词）：di (分开） + mittere (送出），意为分别送出。

dismiss的基本意思是“不再保有或同意离开”,指自动或被迫脱离所负的责任或所任的职务。引申可作“置之不理”“不加考虑”解。
dismiss作“解雇”解时,并不追究事情的前因后果,故双方均可接受,语气较为平和。
dismiss用作及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语,还可接以as短语充当补足语的复合宾语。
dismiss在其宾语后面接介词as时,动词宾语和介词宾语都指事,表示“当作…时而不予考虑”。宾语后接介词for,介词宾语指事(可以是名词或动名词),表示解雇的原因。宾语后接介词from,介词宾语指地位和职务时,表示“解雇,免职”; 介词宾语指思想时,表示“打消念头”。
dismiss用于法律上时,还有“驳回”的意思,常用于被动式。

The new governor dismissed the staff that served his predecessors.
新州长将前任州长的职员全部解雇。

(NOT TAKE SERIOUSLY) to decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering
(END JOB) to remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong
(SEND AWAY) to formally ask or order someone to leave

If you dismiss something, you decide or say that it is not important enough for you to think about or consider.
If you dismiss something from your mind, you stop thinking about it.
When an employer dismisses an employee, the employer tells the employee that they are no longer needed to do the job that they have been doing.
If you are dismissed by someone in authority, they tell you that you can go away from them.
When a judge dismisses a case against someone, he or she formally states that there is no need for a trial, usually because there is not enough evidence for the case to continue.