ostracism
ostracism 英 [ˈɒstrəsɪzəm] 美 [ˈɑstrəsɪzəm]
n. 排斥；放逐；贝壳流放法
名词复数:ostracisms
- If you banish someone from society, you've caused that person's ostracism. Quakers, for example, faced ostracism by Puritans in colonial Massachusetts and many of them fled to the nearby colony of Rhode Island.
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- n. 排斥；放逐；贝壳流放法
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1. Some African healers blame illness on witchcraft, which can lead to ostracism of those accused.
一些非洲医士将疾病归咎于巫术，这可能会导致病人受到其他人的排斥。
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2. Until eight years ago, a married couple needed permission from their work unit to divorce, and many stayed in unhappy relationships for decades, scared of social ostracism.
就在八年之前，一对夫妇还需要他们的单位同意才能离婚，因此许多夫妇因为害怕社会的排斥而年复一年呆在不幸的婚姻里。
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3. The findings might offer an easy way to ease life's stings and hurts, from painful medical treatments to social ostracism: Simply flip through a bulging wallet before enduring a painful experience.
这些发现可能为缓解生活中的刺痛与伤害，提供一种简单的方法， 无论是痛苦的医疗处置还是被社会排斥：只需在经历痛苦之前，把玩一个膨胀的钱包。
- ostracism (n.) 1580s, a method of 10-year banishment in ancient Athens, by which the citizens gathered and each wrote on a potsherd or tile the name of a man they deemed dangerous to the liberties of the people, and a man whose name turned up often enough was sent away. From Middle French ostracisme (16c.), Modern Latin ostracismus, or directly from Greek ostrakismos, from ostrakizein "to ostracize," from ostrakon "tile, potsherd," from PIE *ost-r-, from root *ost- "bone," which alos is the source of Greek osteon "bone," ostreion "oyster," and German Estrich "pavement" (which is from Medieval Latin astracus "pavement," ultimately from Greek ostrakon).
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