雅典奧運會終于在全世界人民的矚目下掀開了帷幕，這使主辦這次奧運會的希臘人民驕傲不已。但兩名非常著名的希臘運動員卻因未通過興奮劑測試而被取消了參賽資格，造成了一定的尷尬局面。對此外電中有這樣的報道：The curtain rises on the Athens Olympics on Friday but Greek pride was overwhelmed with embarrassment after their two most famous athletes faced expulsion from the Games over drugs. Expulsion 在上文中的意思是“逐出、開除”。它的動詞形式是expel，經常和from連用。例如：After the outbreak of fighting, all foreign journalists were expelled. （在戰(zhàn)爭開始后，所有的外國記者都被驅逐出境）。Expel還有“把某人開除”的意思。例如：The boy was expelled from school. （這男孩被學校開除了）。
