blacklist

black·list1 /ˈblæklɪst/ verb [transitiveT]

FORBIDto put a person, country, product etc on a blacklist 将…列入黑名单

Many people in the industry were blacklisted for their communist sympathies.

行业里有许多人因为同情共产党而被列入了黑名单。

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blacklist• When she tried to get a loan she found she had been blacklisted.• Members of the Communist party were blacklisted and had great difficulty finding work.• More than 200 people in the movie industry were blacklisted during the McCarthy era.

blacklist2 noun [countableC]

FORBIDa list of people, countries, products etc that are disapproved of, and should therefore be avoided or punished 黑名单

Friends of the Earth have produced a blacklist of environmentally damaging products.

“地球之友”列出了一份破坏环境的产品的黑名单。

Examples from the Corpus

blacklist• The country wants to be removed from a blacklist of 15 countries whose banks are suspected of laundering money.• Consumer groups wished to give the Annex the status of a blacklist.• The existing blacklist of substances not to be dumped at sea would be superseded by the blanket ban.• A breakdown of the trades involved in the faults appears to show bricklayers at the top of the blacklist.• They are on the blacklist of companies that pollute the environment.• I thought the blacklist would have lost its sting with the collapse of the price of oil.

From Longman Business Dictionary

blacklistblack·list /ˈblækˌlɪst/ noun [countableC]

a list of people, organizations, or countries that are disapproved of and that people avoid doing business with, for example because they are dishonest

The companies had been placed on the blacklist after being accused of offering kickbacks to win a contract.

—blacklist verb [transitiveT]

The company’s near-monopoly of television has enabled it to blacklist artists who deal with its rivals.

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