New words:

boycott /ˈbɔɪkɒt/

v. 联合抵制;拒绝购买、拒绝参加、拒绝往来
n. 联合抵制行动;拒购、拒参与活动

变形: 过去式、过去分词 boycotted;现在分词 boycotting

精细词源拆解:

源自 19 世纪爱尔兰一位名叫 Charles Boycott 的土地代理人,他因苛刻对待佃农遭到当地人联合抵制,人们拒绝为他劳作、不与其交易,后来这个人的姓氏就演变成单词 boycott,专门表示联合抵制、拒绝往来。

同根无常规派生词,常用搭配衍生:boycott sth/doing sth

词汇家族

boycott(v./n. 联合抵制)
→ boycotter(n. 抵制者)
→ boycotting(n. 抵制行为)

必记高频搭配

launch a boycott 发起抵制行动
a boycott against/on sth 针对某物的抵制行动

Local customers launched a boycott against this brand.
The boycott of the brand spread quickly across the whole country.

boycott doing sth 拒绝做某事

They boycott buying goods from this dishonest store.

动词用法:及物动词,后面直接接名词、动名词,不加介词

Students threatened to boycott the sports meeting for unfair rules.

launch [lɔntʃ] v.发射;发起;发行

threaten [ˈθret(ə)n] v.威胁;危及;恐吓;扬言要

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