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To boycott something means to refuse to buy it, use it, or take part in it, on purpose, as a form of protest — usually because you disagree with something the company, country, or organization has done. As a noun, 'a boycott' is this kind of organized refusal.
抵制(拒絕購買/參與,作為一種抗議方式)
組成Named after Captain Charles Boycott, an English landlord in Ireland in the 1880s whom local people refused to work with or deal with, as a protest.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Boycottname
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A hamlet in Stowe parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP6636).
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A surname.
boycottverb/ˈbɔɪkɒt/
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To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.
- There is probably not a citizen in the United States who wears a hat that has not heard of John Stetson, and does not know that the Stetson hat is one of if not the best made. For some cause the Knights [of Labor] have boycotted the Stetson hats, and have notified all dealers that if they sell them they also will be boycotted.
- Unbowed after two years in jail, nine of the defendants boycotted the trial, refusing even to talk to their lawyers.
boycottnoun/ˈbɔɪkɒt/
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The act of boycotting.
- [W]hat has been the actual effects of the [UFW grape] boycott? As far as one can judge, it has cut down on the grape sales in a few big city outlets. But going into its second year, the boycott is losing steam. The middle class doesn't care.
- UFW and Chile solidarity boycotts of grapes had very little contact with one another, despite the extensive connections between California and Chilean fruit industries.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。