blackball
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [?bl?k.b??l]
- 美式音標 [?bl?k.bɑ?l]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- v. 投票反對；（尤指以無記名投票方式）拒絕（申請者加入私人俱樂部）；排斥
- n. 反對票；黑球（表示反對）
英漢例句
- Will you blackball her if she tries to join our club?
假如她要參加我們的俱樂部，你是否投反對票？ - Denial of a public-service job may blackball a person from future private employment as well.
得不到公職的人也可能將來不為私人所雇用。 - Weng points out that in a community so dependent on guanxi—relationships—defaulting on a contact’s loan could blackball you from future business opportunities.
翁指出在一個如此依賴于關系的社會中，拖欠貸款能讓你失去你未來所有的機會。 - The United States may blackball any aid to Myanmar, which produces around half the world's heroin.
ECONOMIST: The United Nations solemnly enters the war on drugs - Even attempts to privately blackball him had scant effect, since he could always sell to dealers and auctioneers through intermediaries.
FORBES: Eric Hebborn Wants To Teach You How To Forge Art. Got A Pen? [Book Excerpt #2] - The omniscient network gives, say, a headhunter the ammunition to blackball a job candidate after turning up an ancient drunk driving arrest or a dispute with an online vendor.
FORBES: Magazine Article
雙語例句
權威例句
詞組短語
- blackball l 排擠
- Blackball Records 出版者
- They Blackball You 他們殺你
- Don T Blackball Me 別排斥我
- You Blackball Me 你殺我
短語
英英字典
- to vote against allowing someone to be a member of an organization or group
- If the members of a club blackball someone, they vote against that person being allowed to join their club.