A person pushed out through the door of their own country, with the door shut behind them — still living, but somewhere else, and not by choice.
From the word’s history
Latin exsilium ('state of exile') comes from exsul, 'a person driven out' — the word names the condition of being outside, which is exactly the modern picture: not where you belong.
拉丁文 exsilium 的意思就是「流亡這個狀態」，而它來自 exsul（被逐出的人），ex- 是「出去」。也就是說，這個字從一開始講的就不是旅行或搬家，而是「被弄到外面去」這件事本身——現代英文用的還是同一個畫面。
本題提供的詞源資料（Wiktionary）：Middle English exil ← Old French essil/exil ← Latin exsilium, exilium ← exsul/exul（被放逐的人）
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
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exilenoun/ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/
- 1
The state of being banished from one's home or country.
- He lived in exile.
- They chose exile rather than assimilation.
- 2
Someone who is banished from their home or country.
- She lived as an exile, and did her best to make the most out of such life.
- Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay.
exileverb/ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/
- 1
To send (someone or something) into exile.
- Calling home our exiled friends abroad.
- She, mouldering with the dull earth's mouldering sod, / Inwrapt tenfold in slothful shame, / Lay there exiled from eternal God, / Lost to her place and name.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。