ostracism

英 [ˈɒstrəsɪzəm]

美 [ˈɑːstrəsɪzəm]

n.  排挤; 排斥

GRE法律

BNC.35297 / COCA.25511

牛津词典

noun

• 排挤；排斥
  the act of deliberately not including sb in a group or activity; the state of not being included

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 排斥；排挤；孤立
  Ostracismis the state of being ostracized or the act of ostracizing someone.
  1. ...those who have decided to risk social ostracism and stay on the wrong side of town.
     那些决定冒着遭受社会孤立之险、继续呆在贫民区的人
  2. ...denunciation, tougher sanctions and ostracism from the civilised world.
     来自文明世界的谴责、更加严厉的制裁和排斥

英英释义

noun

• the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
• the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
  1. the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry
  Synonym:banishmentCoventry

双语例句

• De Jesus's childhood was marked by prejudice and ostracism for several reasons: she was black, the child of a single mother, and very outspoken, even at a young age.
  德赫苏的童年充满了偏见和排斥，有几个理由：她是黑色的，孩子的单身母亲，非常直率，甚至在年轻时。
• At present, the number of studies on workplace ostracism is still very small at home or abroad. Although Ferris and others have developed the workplace ostracism scale, the applicability of this scale in Chinese cultural environment still remains in doubt.
  目前，国内外关于职场排斥方面的研究均存在很大的空白，虽然Ferris等人在2008年已经开发出了成熟的职场排斥量表，但它在我国文化环境下的适用性仍有待考证。
• Outside the classroom, young men of their age faced ostracism and condemnation from society if they did not join the war effort as volunteers.
  在课堂以外，年轻男子的年龄面临排斥和谴责社会如果他们不参加战争努力作为志愿者。
• Across decades of widespread ostracism, followed by years of patchwork acceptance and, most recently, moments of heady triumph, gay people invoked that phrase to explain why homophobia was unwarranted and discrimination senseless.
  历经几十年的否认排斥、随后数年的零星认可，以及最近令人兴奋的胜利时刻，生来如此这一说法一直被同性恋者用来解释恐同没有任何理论依据，对同性恋的歧视也是毫无意义的。
• Described as one of the "cold violence" in the workplace, ostracism phenomenon exists widely in all kinds of enterprises, and makes great influence on the organization and individual.
  作为职场冷暴力的一种，职场排斥现象广泛存在于各类组织中，并对组织和个人产生了巨大的负面影响。
• They faced hostility, contempt, ostracism.
  他们面对着敌意、轻蔑和排斥。
• The country faces diplomatic ostracism if it refuses to join the political negotiations.
  这个国家如果拒绝参加政治磋商的话，它将在外交上面临被排斥的局面。
• In1904, he suffered a nervous breakdown from the anxiety and ostracism caused by his failed marriage.
  1904年，他遭受了精神崩溃的焦虑和排斥所造成的失败婚姻。
• Until I emigrated to America, my family and I endured progressive ostracism and discrimination.
  我的家庭和我自己忍受着变本加厉的排斥和歧视直到我移居美国。
• In addition, the psychological toll of isolation and ostracism can be profound, to say nothing of the physical violence to which HIV-infected people are sometimes exposed.
  此外，孤立和排斥带来的心理影响非常巨大，他们身体上遭受的痛苦就更不必说了。