blackballed

/blak-bawl/US // ˈblækˌbɔl //UK // (ˈblækˌbɔːl) //

被封杀,被封杀的,被拉黑,被拉黑的

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to vote against.
- : to exclude socially; ostracize: The whole town blackballed them.
- : to reject by placing a blackball in the ballot box.

n.名词 noun

1
- : a negative vote, especially in deciding on an applicant or candidate.
- : a black ball placed in a ballot box signifying a negative vote.

verbexpel from group

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Haynes did say he thought all the players were “kind of marked,” but none of them were blackballed.
Doubtless, some enemy he had made along the way blackballed him.
Gallery: Blackballed Politicians, Celebrities, and Journalists Fox will undoubtedly go haywire over the dismissal.
He was actually blackballed by the Bush White House in 2006 for writing a caustic Washington Post op-ed.
The Grill enjoys the distinction of having blackballed, without political prejudice, a Prime Minister of each party.
"Just like Beecham being blackballed at the club," said the doctor, with a sarcastic bitterness all his own.
I have voted whenever I knew anything about the person in question, and I have never blackballed but once.
The three who had been blackballed sat sulking on the ground with their backs toward him.
It was in vain to muse upon any plan for having Ball blackballed, or for rebelling against Bell.