ostracize

🇬🇧 UK/'ɒstrәsaiz/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To exclude someone from a group or society by refusing to associate or communicate with them.

排斥,放逐,拒绝与……来往

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
ostracroot
+
izeto make, to become
=ostracize

Common Collocations

  • 1.ostracize someone排斥某人
  • 2.ostracize from group从群体中排斥

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The group decided to ostracize the member who violated their code of conduct.

  • 2.

    She was ostracized by her former friends after the scandal became public.

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