boycott: [19] The word boycott sprang into general use in the year 1880, to describe the activities of the Irish Land League. This was an organization set up in 1879 by the Irish nationalist Michael Davitt to press for agrarian reforms, rent reductions, etc. Those who did not agree with its aims, it subjected to an organized campaign of ostracism. One of the first to suffer from this was one Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott (1832–97), a British estate manager in County Mayo. Hence ‘to boycott’, which became a buzzword of the early 1880s, was quickly adopted by other European languages, and has remained in current use ever since.
boycott
1880, noun and verb, from Irish Land League ostracism of Capt. Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), land agent of Lough-Mask in County Mayo, who refused to lower rents for his tenant farmers. Quickly adopted by newspapers in languages as far afield as Japanese (boikotto). The family name is from a place in England.
雙語例句
1. Opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the vote.
反對黨領(lǐng)袖已號召人們拒絕投票。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Rosie Boycott was not involved editorially with Virago.
羅西·博伊科特不屬于維拉戈出版公司的編輯隊伍。
來自柯林斯例句
3. We are asking people to boycott goods from companies that use child labour.
我們正呼吁大家抵制雇用童工的公司的產(chǎn)品。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. Their boycott of the talks constitutes a serious impediment to peace negotiations.
他們聯(lián)合抵制會談的行為成了和談的重大障礙.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. A spokesman says the president has backed off from his threat to boycott the conference.