0 to refuse to buy a product or take part in an activity as a way of expressing strong disapproval -- 拒絶購買（或參加）；抵制，杯葛
Through boycotts and lobbying activity, consumer groups exerted ' pull' and ' push' effects on producers.
In a sign of defiance, opposition parties boycotted the presidential elections in 1998 and the municipal polls in 2000.
They were able to help coordinate non-violent resistance campaigns, such as boycotts, strike support and other issues from local arenas to national support.
They also demanded new legislation protecting third parties from being drawn into conflicts through boycotts, blockades, threats or harassment.
The opposition parties denounced the contest as fraudulent, and boycotted the subsequent parliamentary elections.
The 1992 parliamentary election was excluded because the opposition parties boycotted the race, charging fraud in the earlier presidential election.
Women, who could not vote, participated along with men in boycotts, demonstrations and violence.
The port towns themselves were centres of print culture and also of trade boycotts late in the colonial period.
