英语词汇“ostracize”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ostracizeostracize /ˈɑstrəˌsaɪz/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYostracize

Origin: 1800-1900 Greek ostrakizein to send away by voting with broken pieces of pot, from ostrakon broken piece of pot

VERB TABLE

ostracize

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	ostracize
	he, she, it	ostracizes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	ostracized
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have ostracized
	he, she, it	has ostracized
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had ostracized
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will ostracize
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have ostracized

Continuous Form
Present	I	am ostracizing
	he, she, it	is ostracizing
	you, we, they	are ostracizing
Past	I, he, she, it	was ostracizing
	you, we, they	were ostracizing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been ostracizing
	he, she, it	has been ostracizing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been ostracizing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be ostracizing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been ostracizing

1if a group of people ostracize someone, they stop accepting him or her as a member of the group: After her husband’s arrest, she was ostracized by her neighbors.2to send someone away from a society through ostracism as in ancient Greece [Origin: 1800–1900 Greek ostrakizein to send away by voting with broken pieces of pot, from ostrakon broken piece of pot] → see also banish