exile

US: /ˈɛɡˌzaɪɫ/, /ˈɛkˌsaɪɫ/
UK: /ˈɛɡza‍ɪl/


English Vietnamese dictionary


exile /'eksail/
  • danh từ
    • sự đày ải, sự đi đày
    • cảnh tha hương; sự xa cách quê hương lâu ngày
    • người bị đày ải, người đi đày
    • ngoại động từ
      • đày ải (ai) (nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))

    Advanced English dictionary


    noun, verb
    + noun
    1 [U, sing.] the state of being sent to live in another country that is not your own, especially for political reasons or as a punishment: to be / live in exile + to be forced / sent into exile + to go into exile + a place of exile + He returned after 40 years of exile.
    2 [C] a person who chooses, or is forced to live away from his or her own country: political exiles + a tax exile (= a rich person who moves to another country where taxes are lower)
    + verb [VN] [usually passive] ~ sb (from ...) to force sb to leave their country, especially for political reasons or as a punishment; to send sb into exile: the party's exiled leaders + an American, exiled from his homeland

    Thesaurus dictionary


    n.
    1 expatriation, banishment, expulsion, deportation, transportation; separation:
    Napoleon was sentenced to exile on Elba.
    2 expatriate, émigré(e), emigrant, outcast, deportee, pariah, displaced person, DP; alien, foreigner, outsider:
    Many of the exiles from Nazi Germany settled in Britain.
    v.
    3 deport, expel, alienate, banish, expatriate, oust, eject, displace, transport, drive or run or cast out, outlaw, exclude, oust, evict, bar, ban; extradite; maroon:
    Many criminals were exiled to Australia.

    Collocation dictionary


    1 being sent to live in another country

    ADJ.

    long | permanent | enforced | self-imposed, voluntary | internal
    Many spent decades in labour camps or in internal exile.

    VERB + EXILE

    be driven/forced/sent into | flee into, go into
    The king went into exile after the overthrow of his government.
    | live in
    They joined the many other Armenians living in exile.
    | die in | return from
    He still hopes to return from exile one day.

    PREP.

    in ~
    She had spent 40 years in exile.
    | ~ from
    Dante died in exile from Florence.

    PHRASES

    a place of exile

    2 person forced to live in another country

    ADJ.

    political | tax
    (= a rich person who moves to another country where taxes are lower)

    EXILE + VERB

    return
    A general amnesty was granted, allowing political exiles to return freely.

    PHRASES

    the recall of exiles, the return of exiles

    ADV.

    permanently, temporarily | effectively
    He was effectively exiled after a failed bid for power.

    PREP.

    from
    The family was exiled from France.
    | to
    He was exiled to Siberia.


    Concise English dictionary


    exiles|exiled|exiling'eksaɪl
    noun
    +voluntarily absent from home or country
    +expelled from home or country by authority
    +the act of expelling a person from their native land
    verb
    +expel from a country