ostracize

verb

/ˈɒstrəsaɪz/

/ˈɑːstrəsaɪz/

(British English also ostracise)

[usually passive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they ostracize	/ˈɒstrəsaɪz/ /ˈɑːstrəsaɪz/
he / she / it ostracizes	/ˈɒstrəsaɪzɪz/ /ˈɑːstrəsaɪzɪz/
past simple ostracized	/ˈɒstrəsaɪzd/ /ˈɑːstrəsaɪzd/
past participle ostracized	/ˈɒstrəsaɪzd/ /ˈɑːstrəsaɪzd/
-ing form ostracizing	/ˈɒstrəsaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈɑːstrəsaɪzɪŋ/

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ostracize somebody to refuse to let somebody be a member of a social group; to refuse to meet or talk to somebody排挤；排斥 synonym shun
- He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike.他因拒绝支持罢工而受到同事的排斥。
- The regime risks being ostracized by the international community.这一政权有遭到国际社会排斥的风险。
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Greek ostrakizein, from ostrakon ‘shell ’or‘ potsherd’ (a piece of ceramic material on which names were written in voting to banish unpopular citizens).