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”
📖 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.
🗣️ 情景例句
Well, we all go through this at some stage of life, some of us buy a wig and some of us just stay bald.
我们全部会在生命中的某个时期经历脱发这种事,有些人会去买假发,有些人则会留个光头。
In prosperity caution, in adversity patience.
处顺境时要小心,处逆境时要耐心。
I could hardly speak.
我简直说不出话来。
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