boycott

英 ['bɔɪkɒt] 美 ['bɔɪkɑːt]

vt.抵制（贸易）；拒绝参加

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◉Usage Examples

(1) He urged all citizens to boycott Korean goods.

(2) We boycott all products tested on animals.

(3) We boycott some country because it hurts our ego.

(4) We are determined to boycott them.

(1) 他呼吁所有民众联手抵制韩国货。

(2) 我们抵制用动物做产品实验。

(3) 我们抵制某国货，因为他伤了我们的面子。

(4) 我们决定拒绝跟他们来往。

◉Usage notes

To boycott means to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest; the noun boycott is the protest itself.

This noun comes from the name of Charles C. Boycott, an English land agent in 19th century Ireland who refused to reduce rents for his tenant farmers. As a result, the local residents did not want to have any dealings with him. Boycotts are an effective way to use your spending dollars to affect change.

◉Collins

1. [VERB 动词]抵制；拒绝参加 If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove of it. [V n] [oft N of/against/on n]

① The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections.

主要反对党都抵制此次选举。

Boycott is also a noun.

② Opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the vote.

反对党领袖已号召人们拒绝投票。

③ ...the lifting of the economic boycott against Israel.

取消对以色列的经济封锁