blackball

英['blækbɔːl]美['blækbɔːl]
  • n. 反对票
  • vt. 投票反对；排斥

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    black，黑。ball，球。来自旧时一种以黑白球投票的习俗。
      verb(动词)
      1. 投票反对…加入

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 投票反对…加入

      He was initially blackballed because of a dispute he once had with a couple of the committee members.

      最初投票否决了他的入会申请，因为他曾与委员会的几个成员发生过争执。

    小知识

    When you blackball someone, you ban him from a group. A bunch of kids who kick a tattletale out of their secret club essentially blackball him.

    You can use blackball as a noun or a verb — a blackball is an act of excluding or ostracizing someone. Country club members might initiate a blackball against an eccentric member who wears tie dyed t-shirts on the golf course, for example. The origin of the word goes back to the 1700s, when club members would cast secret votes on membership using white and black wooden or ivory balls. The black balls represented “no” votes.

    实用短语

    1. blackball records

      出版者

    2. blackball a candidate

      投票反对一候选人

    3. to blackball someone

      排斥,投反对票

    4. you blackball me

      你杀我

    5. they blackball you

      他们杀你

    6. don t blackball me

      别排斥我

    7. i would blackball him

      我会杀他

    同义词

    boycott