boycottの意味・使い方・発音

boycott

英 ['bɒɪkɒt] 美 ['bɔɪkɑt]

ボイコット boycott

19世紀のアイルランドの土地仲介人、チャールズ?ボイコットの名前から。1880年の不作の年、借地人農家の家賃減額要求を拒否したことに激怒した彼は、全員からボイコットされ、パンを買うこともできず、餓死寸前まで追い込まれた。

boycott: boycott: [19] The word boycott sprang into general use in the year 1880, to describe the activities of the Irish Land League. This was an organization set up in 1879 by the Irish nationalist Michael Davitt to press for agrarian reforms, rent reductions, etc. Those who did not agree with its aims, it subjected to an organized campaign of ostracism. One of the first to suffer from this was one Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott (1832–97), a British estate manager in County Mayo. Hence ‘to boycott’, which became a buzzword of the early 1880s, was quickly adopted by other European languages, and has remained in current use ever since.
boycott: 1880, noun and verb, from Irish Land League ostracism of Capt. Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), land agent of Lough-Mask in County Mayo, who refused to lower rents for his tenant farmers. Quickly adopted by newspapers in languages as far afield as Japanese (boikotto). The family name is from a place in England.

1. Opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the vote.: 野党指導者は投票拒否を呼びかけている。

2.Rosie Boycott was not involved editorially with Virago.: ロッシー?ボイコットはヴィラゴー出版社の編集チームに所属していない。

3.We are asking people to boycott goods from companies that use child labour.: 児童労働者を雇用する会社の製品に対するボイコットを呼びかけています。

4.Their boycott of the talks constitutes a serious impediment to peace negotiations.: 彼らが会談をボイコットする行為は和平交渉の重大な障害となった。

5.A spokesman says the president has backed off from his threat to boycott the conference.: ある報道官は、大統領が今回の会議をボイコットするという脅威を回収したと述べた。