| 释义 |
boy·cott
I. \ˈbȯiˌkät, usu -äd.+V; esp Brit -_kət\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Charles C. Boycott died 1897 English land agent in County Mayo, Ireland, who was ostracized in 1880 for refusing to reduce rents
1. : to combine against (a person, employer, a group of persons, or a nation) in a policy of nonintercourse for economic or political reasons : withhold wholly or partly social or business intercourse from as an expression of disapproval or means of coercion
< a threat to boycott the Security Council >
2. : to engage in a concerted refusal to have anything to do with the products or services of (an employer) in order to force acceptance of certain conditions desired by a union
< agreed to boycott all uncooperative manufacturers >
II. noun
(-s)
: the process or an instance of boycotting — see secondary boycott |