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单词

boycott

读音
ˈbɔɪkɑːt
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词根

* Boycott 这个单词没有词根,它是以 Charles Cunningham Boycott 的姓氏命名的。Boycott 是19世纪的英国地主,由于他的行为导致了一场大规模的抵制行动,因此他的姓氏直接变成了一个动词,意为抵制。

释义

v. 联合抵制;拒绝购买;拒绝参加 n. 联合抵制 n. (Boycott) 博伊科特(人名) [ 复数 boycotts 第三人称单数 boycotts 现在分词 boycotting 过去式 boycotted 过去分词 boycotted ]

例句

Opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the vote.
反对派领导者号召联合抵制投票。
We are asking people to boycott goods from companies that use child labour.
我们正呼吁大家抵制雇用童工的公司的产品。
A spokesman says the president has backed off from his threat to boycott the conference.
一位发言人说,总统已经撤回了他抵制这次会谈的威胁。

强化记忆

想要记住这个单词,可以从它的历史背景入手。你可以想象你正处在19世纪,和其他租户一起抵制博伊科特的不公平行为。通过这种方式,你可能会更易于记住这个词和它的含义。如前所述,"boycott"一词的来源是19世纪英国地理状况改革者查理斯·博伊科特(Charles Cunningham Boycott)的姓氏。当当地的租户联合起来抵制他,他的名字就成了抵制的代名词。

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It was the governor of the state of Kanowho decided to boycott
before we throw our full weight behind them.We could buycott or boycott businesseswhose practices don't align with our values.
but the first one we're going to start withis the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott.This was a protest campaign
But how do you get the word out --tomorrow we're going to start the boycott --when you don't have Facebook, texting, Twitter, none of that?
but it sparked a certain amount of outrage, a tweetstorm,and also an internet boycott of "Hamilton"from outraged people who had felt we had treated him with disrespect.
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