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

单词

ostracism

释义

ostracize or ostracise /osˈtrə-sīz/

transitive verb

To exclude from society or from one's social group
In ancient Greece, to banish by popular vote, the voters writing on potsherds the name of the person they wanted banished

ORIGIN: Gr ostrakon a shell, tile or potsherd

osˈtracism /-sizm/ noun

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