blackball sb
常用于俱乐部、协会等排他性组织，表示投反对票阻止某人加入。
Several members blackballed the young candidate at the meeting.
几位成员在会上投票反对这位年轻候选人。
投票反对；投反对票
blackballs — third person singular of blackball
排斥；排挤；孤立；投票反对,尤其是在排他性组织中；排斥
To vote against someone, especially a candidate for membership in an exclusive organization.
投票反对,尤其是在排他性组织中
To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
排斥
To ostracize.
一般现在时
The committee blackballs any candidate who fails to meet the criteria.
委员会投票反对任何不符合标准的候选人。
一般过去时
They blackballed him from the club after the incident.
那次事件后，他们投票将他排斥出俱乐部。
现在完成时
She has been blackballed by several organizations.
她已被几个组织投票排斥。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The committee decided to blackball the candidate because of his past misconduct.
委员会决定投票反对这名候选人，因为他过去行为不端。
用法提示：这里 blackball 用作及物动词，表示投票反对以阻止加入。
She was blackballed from the exclusive club after the scandal.
丑闻之后，她被那家高级俱乐部排斥了。
用法提示：blackballed 是过去分词，表示被排斥或投票驱逐。
They threatened to blackball anyone who revealed the secret.
他们威胁要排斥任何泄露秘密的人。
用法提示：blackball 表示以投票方式排斥或拒绝接纳。
常用于俱乐部、协会等排他性组织，表示投反对票阻止某人加入。
Several members blackballed the young candidate at the meeting.
几位成员在会上投票反对这位年轻候选人。
for 引出投反对票的理由，宾语通常是人。
They blackballed him for his outspoken views.
他们因他直言不讳的观点而投票反对他。
被动形式强调某人被组织排斥在外；from 后接组织或团体。
She was blackballed from the golf club last year.
她去年被那家高尔夫俱乐部投票拒之门外。
grammar · medium
易错句子The committee blackballed against his application.
正确表达The committee blackballed his application.
blackball 是及物动词，宾语直接是“被投票反对的人或申请”，不能套用 vote against 的 against。去掉 against 后，his application 成为 blackballed 的直接宾语，句子才合语法。
grammar · medium
易错句子Several members blackballed him to join the club.
正确表达Several members blackballed him from joining the club.
表示“阻止/排斥某人加入”时，blackball 后用 from + 动名词，不用 to do。to join 会被理解为“为了加入”的目的状语，意思变成成员为了加入而反对他；改成 from joining 才表示反对他加入。
boycott 指群体公开拒绝购买、参加或合作以示抗议，常是集体行动，不涉及组织内部投票；blackball 特指在俱乐部等排他性组织里以投票方式反对某人加入。
blacklist 是有权的一方把某人或机构记入名单、禁止其被雇用或交易，结果是被动受限；blackball 的动作核心是投反对票，把人挡在组织门外。
ostracize 侧重社会性的冷落与孤立，通常没有正式程序或投票；blackball 的本义是投反对票，只有引申义才接近“排斥”。
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