also black-ball, "to exclude from a club by adverse votes," 1770, from black (adj.) + ball (n.1). Black balls of wood or ivory dropped into an urn during secret ballots.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Members can blackball candidates in secret ballots.
成員可以通過(guò)無(wú)記名投票反對(duì)候選人加入。
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. Will you blackball her if she tries to join our club?
假如她要參加我們的俱樂部,你是否投反對(duì)票?
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. Lawrence Talbot: I module blackball every of you!