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Rebuff World Rɪ'Bʌf N.(对请求等)断然拒绝 Friendly Made Wnated Left

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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."

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