ostracism是什么意思？

ostracism

英[ˈɒstrəsɪzəm] 美[ˈɑstrəsɪzəm]

• n. （古希腊）贝壳流放法，放逐，排斥；

例句

• There is yet some good in public envy, whereas in private, there is none. For public envy, is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men, when they grow too great. And therefore it is a bridle also to great ones, to keep them within bounds. 虽说私人间的嫉妒有百害而无一利，但公众的嫉妒却还有一点好处，因为它就像陶片放逐法，可除去那些位高专权者，所以它对其他大人物亦是一种制约，可使他们循规蹈矩。
• ...denunciation, tougher sanctions and ostracism from the civilised world. 来自文明世界的谴责、更加严厉的制裁和排斥
• ...those who have decided to risk social ostracism and stay on the wrong side of town. 那些决定冒着遭受社会孤立之险、继续呆在贫民区的人

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  排斥；排挤；孤立
  Ostracism is the state of being ostracized or the act of ostracizing someone.
  例句
  ...those who have decided to risk social ostracism and stay on the wrong side of town. 那些决定冒着遭受社会孤立之险、继续呆在贫民区的人 ...denunciation, tougher sanctions and ostracism from the civilised world. 来自文明世界的谴责、更加严厉的制裁和排斥

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (古希腊)贝壳流放法
  There is yet some good in public envy, whereas in private, there is none. For public envy, is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men, when they grow too great. And therefore it is a bridle also to great ones, to keep them within bounds. 虽说私人间的嫉妒有百害而无一利，但公众的嫉妒却还有一点好处，因为它就像陶片放逐法，可除去那些位高专权者，所以它对其他大人物亦是一种制约，可使他们循规蹈矩。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent);
  "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"
  2. the act of excluding someone from society by general consent