| 单词 | ostracize |
| 释义 | ostracize —ostracizable, adj. —ostracization, n. —ostracizer, n. /os"treuh suyz'/, v.t., ostracized, ostracizing. 1. to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest. 2. to banish (a person) from his or her native country; expatriate. 3. (in ancient Greece) to banish (a citizen) temporarily by popular vote. Also, esp. Brit., ostracise. [1640-50; < Gk ostrakízein, equiv. to óstrak(on) potsherd, tile, ballot (akin to óstreion OYSTER, shell) + -izein -IZE] Syn. 1. shun, snub, blacklist. Ant. 1. accept. |
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