Since the 1980s, America has been increasingly clinging to the ideology of uncontrolled free markets and dismissing the role of government---following Ronald Regan's idea that "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
不考虑;不理会
If you dismiss something, you decide or say that it is not important enough for you to think about or consider.
When a judge dismisses a case against someone, he or she formally states that there is no need for a trial, usually because there is not enough evidence for the case to continue.