Shoppers organized a boycott of the packaging firm after laboratory tests showed how little of its material could actually be recycled.
在实验室检测显示该包装公司的材料几乎无法回收后，消费者组织了对它的抵制。
- The Montgomery Bus Boycott began on December 5, 1955.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
- The boycott lasted 381 days.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “boycott”?
C — Refuse to deal with. “boycott” means refuse to deal with.
Which word means “refuse to deal with”?
C — boycott. “boycott” means refuse to deal with.
boycott — refuse to deal with. In Chinese: 抵制.
boycott is pronounced /ˈbɔɪkɒt/.
Shoppers organized a boycott of the packaging firm after laboratory tests showed how little of its material could actually be recycled. (在实验室检测显示该包装公司的材料几乎无法回收后，消费者组织了对它的抵制。)
shun, embargo, blacklist — all close in meaning to boycott (refuse to deal with).
patronize, support — each the opposite of boycott (refuse to deal with).
Yes. boycott is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
boy(boy)+cot(bed)=blockade.