boycotting
present participle ofboycott
| 单词 | boycotting |
| 释义 | boycotting present participle ofboycott boycott verb[T] uk/ˈbɔɪ.kɒt/us/ˈbɔɪ.kɑːt/torefusetobuyaproductor takepartin anactivityas a way ofexpressingstrongdisapproval: People wereurgedto boycott the country'sproducts. Theunioncalled onitsmembersto boycott themeeting. Opposing & against
boycottnoun[C]ukus A boycottof/againstgoodsfrom the EUbeganinJune. Examplesofboycottingboycotting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In political terms, it took an argument forboycottingthe elections away from the opposition and provided it with an added incentive to participate. From theCambridge English Corpus Other forms of potential resistance were internal party opposition, which enjoyed little success, andboycottingelections, practised by only a small number. From theCambridge English Corpus They could have treated the federal elections as a sham,boycottingthem and refusing to send officers to the new government. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet, the fight against the new reservation policy continued with the persistentboycottingof schools, colleges and examinations. From theCambridge English Corpus Television and press coverage of the conference concentrated more on the small group of picketsboycottingthe conference than on the sanguine reports from the press officers. From theCambridge English Corpus This system helped to marginalise the parliamentary opposition and radicalise the extra-parliamentary opposition, which understandably preferred to contest the system byboycottingit, rather than participate in it. From theCambridge English Corpus The statistics regarding police protection andboycottingare not collected by families. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The general public can help byboycottingshops that deliberately keep up their prices—and there are shops like that in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They areboycottingit because it does not suit their book to attend at present. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not obvious thatboycottingis one of the things that will arise out of a state of unrest? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be no benefit to children or teachers inboycottingthe assessment procedures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think in this prticular case the kind ofboycottingemployed was of the most contemptible character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In regard to every item—whetherboycotting, people under police protection, firing at the person or into houses, cattle-driving, or agrarian outrages—the figures are worse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He deals with the subject ofboycotting, and refers to a number of cases. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are told that they are to trust to the generosity and sense of fairness of the people who practisedboycottingand intimidation against them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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