Ostracism
['ɒstrəsɪz(ə)m] or ['ɑstrəsɪzəm]
解释:
(n.) Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.
(n.) Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.
编辑:马丁
同义词及近义词:
n. Banishment, expulsion, exclusion, excommunication.
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同义词及反义词:
SYN:Banishment, expulsion, blackball
ANT:Admittance, enlistment, out_voting
录入:温德尔
例句:
- There was resort to an ostracism to decide between them. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- You should read history--look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- This institution of the ostracism has immortalized one obscure and rather illiterate member of the democracy of Athens. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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