ostracism

英 ['ɒstrəsɪzəm] 美 ['ɑːstrəsɪzəm]

• n. 流放；放逐；排斥

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent);

   "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"
   

2. the act of excluding someone from society by general consent

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Questioning the status quo carries the danger of ostracism, possibly persecution.
   质疑现状带来被排斥的危险，还很可能受到迫害。
2. For the first time in her life the import and horror of social ostracism flashed upon her.
   她生平第一次突然想到遭受社交界排斥的意义与可怕。

经典引文

• Nor was he likely to suffer social ostracism in London where a great thinker was by no means unique.

  出自： N. Annan

近反义词

【近义词】

• banishment 充军
• snubbing 动词snub的现在进行式...
• exclusion 排除
• barring 除 ... 以外
• isolation 隔离
• excommunication 逐出教会
• expulsion 驱逐
• coventry 放逐