Ostracism
['ɒstrəsɪz(ə)m] or ['ɑstrəsɪzəm]
解釋/意思:
(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.
編輯:马丁
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Banishment, expulsion, exclusion, excommunication.
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同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Banishment, expulsion, blackball
ANT:Admittance, enlistment, out_voting
錄入:温德尔
例句/造句/用法:
- There was resort to an ostracism to decide between them. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- You should read history--look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- This institution of the ostracism has immortalized one obscure and rather illiterate member of the democracy of Athens. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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