Blackball
[ 'blæk'bɔl ]
n. 反对票;
v. 投票反对，排斥;
📝 例句
Members can blackball candidates in secret ballots.
成员可以通过无记名投票反对候选人加入。
🌱 联想助记
【记】black-黑色,ball-球:古雅典的陪审团采用黑白两种不同的球来给候选人投票“黑球表示反对,白球表示同意”
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
blackball
v[Tn]
prevent (sb) from joining a club or group by voting against him in a ballot 投反对票以阻止（某人）加入某俱乐部或某组织
blackball a candidate 投票反对一候选人.
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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How was your school-board meeting last night?
昨天晚上你们的联合校董会会议开得怎么样？
Speak well of your friend, of your enemy say nothing.
要赞美朋友，莫提及敌人。
He was called Bapu, meaning father - because he was the father of the Indian nation of the twentieth century.
他被人们称为巴普，意国是父亲--因为他是20世纪的印度民族之父。