Front | rebuff |
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Pron | [rɪ'bʌf] |
Back | 【rebuff】 n.(对请求等)断然拒绝 We tried to be friendly, but his rebuff made us think he wnated to be left alone. 我们试图友善,但他的拒绝使我们认为他不想被干涉。 |
Vocab | rebuffa deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
If you rebuff someone, you reject or snub him. You might decide to rebuff a classmate's invitation to the dance after hearing him gossip meanly about a friend. Although the verb rebuff is a somewhat old fashioned one to use for social relationships, it's still common in the world of diplomacy. One country's rebuff of another might start a war, or end peace talks, or otherwise reverberate through the world of international relations. You can also use rebuff as a noun — deliberately ignoring your sister's text message is one example of a rebuff. The Italian root word, ribuffo, combines ri, expressing opposition, and buffo, "a puff." All forms of 'rebuff' will appear on average once every 2007 pages. buff buff-colored buffer rebuff |
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