boycott

boycott
verb
  1. [with obj.]withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest
    抵制(国家,组织或个人)
    ■refuse to buy or handle (goods) as a punishment or protest
    拒绝购买(或经销)(商品)
    ■refuse to cooperate with or participate in (a policy or event)
    拒绝合作(或参与)(某一政策或事件)
noun
  1. a punitive ban on relations with other bodies, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods
    抵制(不准与其他机构发生任何关系、不准就某一政策进行磋商或合作、不准经销某种商品的报复性禁令)
语源
  1. from the name of Captain Charles C. Boycott (1832–97), an Irish land agent so treated in 1880, in an attempt instigated by the Irish Land League to get rents reduced
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