He feared this portent and tried to banish it from his mind, mollify it erase it-but it kept returning.

他害怕这个不祥的预兆，想方设法把它从脑子里撵出去，平息它，消除它--但是它总是返回来。

▷portent ['pɔː(r)tent]（n.）

【释义】While you might love crows, your father will shudder when he sees them if he superstitiously believes they're a portent — a sign or warning — of death.

预兆；征兆；先兆；（尤指）恶兆，凶兆

▷banish ['bænɪʃ]（v.）

【释义】To banish is to get rid of. Think very carefully before you banish someone from your group. Someday, you may want that person around again.

to send someone away, especially from their country, and not allow them to come back

赶走；流放，放逐；（尤指）把（某人）驱逐出境

He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year.他被流放到一个荒无人迹的小岛上呆了一年。

to get rid of something completely

消除，排除

Try to banish all thoughts of revenge from your mind.你必须努力打消所有复仇的念头。

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