v.剥去法衣；解除僧职

In other words, these birds of a feather defrock together. 换句话说，这类鸟儿们一起被“免去”了飞行的能力。了。

In neighboring Cambodia, some 40,000 monks have been warned they could be defrocked if they became too excited while watching the games. 在邻国柬埔寨，约四万名和尚受到警告，如果他们在看世界杯时过于兴奋，将会被解除僧职。

His duties include phoning journalists to mention, entre nous, that a company boss whose interests conflict with his client's was defrocked as a priest in 1979. 他的职责包括给记者打电话，神秘兮兮地告诉他们，与他的客户存在利害冲突的某公司老板在1979年被免去牧师资格。

the defrocked priest,minister and monk 被免去圣职的天主教神父、基督教牧师和修道士

monks like him, “social parasites” as they were now branded, were defrocked, forced to labour in the fields, or murdered. 像他一样的僧人当时被认为是“社会寄生虫”，或被解除僧职，被迫下地务农，或被杀害。