blackball

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blackball

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Voting, Organizations

black·ball /ˈblækbɔːl $ -bɒːl/ verb [transitive] PPVSSOto vote against someone, especially so that they cannot join a club or social group 投票反对〔某人参加某个俱乐部或社会组织〕→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

blackball• In 1962, Freed was fined $300 and blackballed from radio.Origin blackball (1800-1900) Because a black ball was used for voting against someone

black·ball verbChineseSyllable

against someone, to vote Corpus that so they especially

blackball
black‧ball /ˈblækbɔːl $ -bɒːl/

verb [transitive]

Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Because a black ball was used for voting against someone

to vote against someone, especially so that they cannot join a club or social group

black·ball

BrE

/ˈblækbɔːl/

NAmE

/ˈblækbɔːl/

verb

present simple - I / you / we / they

blackball

BrE

/ˈblækbɔːl/

NAmE

/ˈblækbɔːl/

present simple - he / she / it

blackballs

BrE

/ˈblækbɔːlz/

NAmE

/ˈblækbɔːlz/

past simple

blackballed

BrE

/ˈblækbɔːld/

NAmE

/ˈblækbɔːld/

past participle

blackballed

BrE

/ˈblækbɔːld/

NAmE

/ˈblækbɔːld/

-ing form

blackballing

BrE

/ˈblækbɔːlɪŋ/

NAmE

/ˈblækbɔːlɪŋ/

~ sb

to prevent sb from joining a club or a group by voting against them 投票反对（某人加入俱乐部或团体）