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ostracize vt.放逐；排斥 (1) 他因不支持罢工而受同事排斥。 Ostraka is an ancient Greek word for pottery shard. Thousands of years ago, in the Greek city of Athens, there was a public process where you would write the name of someone you wanted to kick out of town on a broken ceramic fragment. If enough Athenians wrote the same name, that person was sent away for ten years. This process was called an ostracism.

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英 ['ɒstrəsaɪz] 美 ['ɑːstrəsaɪz] (1) He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike. If you banish someone or ignore him, you ostracize him. When the Iranian president claimed that the Holocaust was a hoax, he was ostracized by the international community. in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 ostracise1[VERB 动词]排斥；排挤 If someone is ostracized, people deliberately behave in an unfriendly way towards them and do not allow them to take part in any of their social activities.   [be V-ed]  [usu passive]  [FORMAL 正式]She claims she's being ostracized by some members of her local community.她声称受到当地社区一些人的排挤。

英语单词	ostracize
英美音标	英 ['ɒstrəsaɪz] 美 ['ɑːstrəsaɪz]
中文释义	vt.放逐；排斥
英语例句	(1) He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike.
中文例句	(1) 他因不支持罢工而受同事排斥。
vocabulary简明	If you banish someone or ignore him, you ostracize him. When the Iranian president claimed that the Holocaust was a hoax, he was ostracized by the international community.
vocabulary扩展	Ostraka is an ancient Greek word for pottery shard. Thousands of years ago, in the Greek city of Athens, there was a public process where you would write the name of someone you wanted to kick out of town on a broken ceramic fragment. If enough Athenians wrote the same name, that person was sent away for ten years. This process was called an ostracism.
柯林斯解释	in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 ostracise 1 [VERB 动词]排斥；排挤 If someone is ostracized, people deliberately behave in an unfriendly way towards them and do not allow them to take part in any of their social activities. [be V-ed] [usu passive] [FORMAL 正式] She claims she's being ostracized by some members of her local community. 她声称受到当地社区一些人的排挤。

Ostracize Ostracized Community Greek Process 英 ɒstrəsaɪz] 美 ɑːstrəsaɪz