ostracize

动词 ostracize:

1. expel from a community or group
   同义词：banish, ban, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
2. avoid speaking to or dealing with
   同义词：ostracise

1. He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike.
   他因不支持罢工而受同事排斥。

os.tra.cize

v.tr.（及物动词）
os.tra.cized,os.tra.ciz.ing,os.tra.ciz.es
To exclude from a group.See Synonyms at blackball
排斥：将…排斥于群体之外参见 blackball
To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece.
放逐： （在古希腊）通过陶片放逐制度加以放逐

来源：
Greek ostrakizein
希腊语 ostrakizein
from ostrakon [shell, potsherd (from the potsherds used as ballots in voting for ostracism)] * see ost-
源自 ostrakon [贝壳，陶片（由放家帛中用作选票的陶片得来）] *参见 ost-