boycott
US: /ˈbɔɪˌkɑt/
UK: /bˈɔɪkɒt/
UK: /bˈɔɪkɒt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
boycott /'bɔikət/
- danh từ
- sự tẩy chay
- sự tẩy chay
- ngoại động từ
- tẩy chay
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb [VN] to refuse to buy, use or take part in sth as a way of protesting: We are asking people to boycott goods from companies that use child labour.
+ noun
~ (of / on sth) an act of boycotting sb/sth: a trade boycott of British goods + a boycott on the use of tropical wood
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 blacklist, embargo; avoid, refuse, shun, reject, eschew, pass over or by:
They are boycotting Fern's Dairy because it won't hire women. The US government is still boycotting cigars from Havana.
n.
2 embargo, blacklist, blacklisting, ban:
A boycott of their products soon forced them to change their policies.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
mass, total, worldwide | consumer, economic, trade
a consumer boycott of GM foods
VERB + BOYCOTT
declare, impose, introduce
Opposition groups declared a boycott of the elections.
| call for, threaten
Lawyers threatened a boycott of the courts.
| end, lift
Politicians want to end their boycott of the talks.
| join
There is pressure on the biggest union to join the boycott.
BOYCOTT + NOUN
campaign
PREP.
~ by
a boycott by international singers
| ~ of
The group is calling for a mass consumer boycott of these products.
| ~ on
The US has imposed a boycott on some European goods.
ADV.
officially
VERB + BOYCOTT
threaten to | call on sb to, urge sb to
They have urged people to boycott foreign products.
Concise English dictionary
boycotts|boycotted|boycotting'bɔɪkət
noun
+a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
verb
+refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
