ostracism

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒstɹəsɪz(ə)m/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. countable,historical,uncountable
    — For this manner of banishment for a time, called ostracismos, was no punishment for any fault committed, but a mitigation and taking away of the envy of the people, which delighted to pluck down their stomacks that too much seemed to exceed in greatness: […]
  2. Banishment by some general consent. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — If I have deserved the land should spue me out, I will feed my selfe with the idle and windy conceite of an Ostracisme, and my unregarded poore selfe shall be all the richesse and commpany I crave to transport and if a Princes word […]
  3. Temporary exclusion from a community or society. countable,uncountable

词形变化

ostracisms plural

词汇关系

衍生词
cyberostracism ostracize ostracise semiostracism
相关词
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词源

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀστρακισμός (ostrakismós, “banishment by means of voting with pot shards”), from ὀστρακίζω (ostrakízō, “ostracize”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”), from ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “clay pot”).
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