freeze out

• 短语动词，指故意将某人排斥在某个群体、活动或决策过程之外，通常通过忽视、冷落或使其感到不受欢迎的方式来实现。

A phrasal verb meaning to deliberately exclude someone from a group, activity, or decision-making process, often by ignoring them or making them feel unwelcome.

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1. Exclude deliberatelyinformal

   To deliberately exclude someone from a group, activity, or conversation, often by ignoring them or making them feel unwelcome.

   故意排挤

   • The other kids tried to freeze him out of the game.
   • She felt frozen out by her colleagues after the argument.
   • They froze him out of the decision-making process.

   同义词blackballcold-shouldercut offexcludeostracizeshunsnub

   反义词acceptincludewelcome

2. Force out of businessinformal

   To force a competitor out of a market or business by unfair means, such as price manipulation.

   排挤出局

   • The large corporation tried to freeze out the small local shops.
   • They used aggressive pricing to freeze out their rivals.
   • The new regulations helped freeze out unethical companies.

   同义词drive outforce outoustshut outsqueeze out

基本动词freeze