ostracize
流放;放 (古希腊人投瓦片表示放入出境)
释义2:
ostracize
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◙ (也作 -ise), verb1. [with obj.] exclude (someone)from a society or group• 放逐,流放 »she called for those who helped the bombers to be ostracized. 她要求放逐那些为轰炸机提供帮助的人。 (in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or too powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote• (古希腊)陶片放逐制度(公民投票决定把不受欢迎或权力过大的人逐出城市5年或10年)【派生】
♦ ostracism noun【语源】
1. mid 17th cent.: from Greek ostrakizein, from ostrakon 'shell or potsherd' (on which names were written, in voting to banish unpopular citizens)
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