英英释义：to refuse to consider someone's idea, opinion etc, because you think it is not serious, true, or important
“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。
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。
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1. His proposal was dismissed by the manager as unrealistic.
2. This gargantuan/enormous statue is widely dismissed as a vanity project.
or: This gargantuan/enormous statue is widely dismissed as conspicuous.
3. 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)
4. 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.”
5. Some of Mr Modi’s ministers have done incremental work to address pollution, but others dismiss complaints as exaggerated.
6. European Parliament elections are sometimes dismissed as a mere opinion poll, since the body has much less power than domestic legislatures do.
practice
他的承诺被视为空谈。
His promise was dismissed as a lie.
参考翻译：His promises are dismissed as empty talk. 或 His promises are dismissed as false.
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