20190704 dismiss

1. 这是个什么词？

词：dismiss

英英释义：to refuse to consider someone's idea, opinion etc, because you think it is not serious, true, or important

例句： Many would dismiss student athletes as all brawn and no brain.

2. 为什么选这个词？

“dismiss”是及物动词，有多个意思，比如“解雇、解散”等，我们今天来学习它表示“对...不予考虑”的意思。这个用法非常常见、好用，几乎每 1-2 期《经济学人》中就会出现。 dismiss 常见的用法是后面直接接宾语，另一个常见用法是 dismiss something as something, 其中第二个 something 可以是形容词也可以是名词，表示动作发出者的具体态度。下面来看几个具体例子。

他提出的建议被经理视为是不切实际的，可以说：

His proposal was dismissed by the manager as unrealistic.

很多市民觉得这座巨大的雕像纯粹是面子工程（炫耀性工程），可以说：

This gargantuan/enormous statue is widely dismissed as a vanity project.（这里 as 后面接的是名词）

或：

This gargantuan/enormous statue is widely dismissed as conspicuous.（这里 as 后面接的是形容词）

很多人觉得学生运动员生四肢发达，头脑简单，就可以说：

Many would dismiss student athletes as all brawn and no brain. (brawn 和 brain 是英文中经常出现的一对头韵，可以记住)

《经济学人》最近在一篇介绍航空航天业的文章中就用到了 dismiss:

Elon Musk, SpaceX’s boss, initially dismissed astronomers’ concerns, tweeting at the weekend that there were “already 4,900 satellites in orbit, which people notice ~0% of the time. Starlink won’t be seen by anyone unless looking very carefully & will have ~0% impact on advancements in astronomy.”

另一篇关于印度政治的《经济学人》文章中也出现了 dismiss:

Some of Mr Modi’s ministers have done incremental work to address pollution, but others dismiss complaints as exaggerated.（这里 as 后面接的是形容词）

《经济学人》在写欧洲政治也用到了 dismiss:

European Parliament elections are sometimes dismissed as a mere opinion poll, since the body has much less power than domestic legislatures do.（这里 as 后面接的是名词）

3. 怎样学会使用这个词？

1）翻译下面的句子： 他的承诺被视为空谈。

His promises are dismissed as empty talk.

（参考翻译：His promises are dismissed as empty talk. 或 His promises are dismissed as false.）

2）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景，再造句。

例子： 他的解决方案被认为是没有价值的不予受理。

场景：His solution was dismissed as worthless.