ostracize
/ˈɒstrəsaɪz/(亦作-ise)
verb
with obj.
1- exclude (someone) from a society or group放逐, 流放：
she called for those who helped the bombers to be ostracized.
她要求放逐那些为炸弹投掷者提供帮助的人。
1.1
- (in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or too powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote（古希腊）对（不受欢迎或权力过大的公民）实行陶片放逐（由公民投票决定, 放逐期为五年或十年）。
派生词
ostracism
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from Greek ostrakizein, from ostrakon 'shell or potsherd' （on which names were written, in voting to banish unpopular citizens）.