blackball
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈblæk.bɔːl]
- 美式音标 [ˈblæk.bɑːl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v. 投票反对；（尤指以无记名投票方式）拒绝（申请者加入私人俱乐部）；排斥
- n. 反对票；黑球（表示反对）
英汉例句
- Will you blackball her if she tries to join our club?
假如她要参加我们的俱乐部，你是否投反对票？ - Denial of a public-service job may blackball a person from future private employment as well.
得不到公职的人也可能将来不为私人所雇用。 - 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.
翁指出在一个如此依赖于关系的社会中，拖欠贷款能让你失去你未来所有的机会。 - 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
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- blackball l 排挤
- Blackball Records 出版者
- They Blackball You 他们杀你
- Don T Blackball Me 别排斥我
- You Blackball Me 你杀我
短语
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.