exorcize

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If you exorcize a painful or unhappy memory, you succeed in removing it from your mind. 祛除
He confronted his childhood trauma and tried to exorcize the pain. 他與童年時(shí)代的精神創(chuàng)傷對(duì)抗并試圖祛除這種痛苦。
2. V-T To exorcize an evil spirit or to exorcize a place or person means to force the spirit to leave the place or person by means of prayers and religious ceremonies. 驅(qū)魔
They came to our house and exorcized me. 他們來(lái)到我們的房子并給我驅(qū)了魔。