Apedia

Rebuff World N Ed 英 Rɪ'Bʌf] 美 Rɪ'Bʌf N.断然拒绝;漠不关心

英语单词 rebuff
英美音标 英 [rɪ'bʌf] 美 [rɪ'bʌf]
中文释义 n.断然拒绝;漠不关心
v.严厉拒绝;冷落
英语例句 (1) Her kindness to him was met with a cruel rebuff.
(2) His rebuff thoroughly deflated me.
(3) He rebuffed all my offers of friendship.
中文例句 (1) 她一片好心却遭到他冷酷的拒绝。
(2) 他的断然拒绝使我心灰意懒。
(3) 他拒绝了我的一切友好表示。
vocabulary简明 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.
vocabulary扩展 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."
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]拒绝;回绝 If you rebuff someone or rebuff a suggestion that they make, you refuse to do what they suggest.
  [V n]
  [Also be V-ed in n]
  [usu with supp]
  • He wanted sex with Julie but she rebuffed him...

    他想和朱莉上床但被她拒绝了。

  • His proposals have already been rebuffed by the Prime Minister.

    他的提议已经被首相否决了。

  • Rebuff is also a noun.
    • The results of the poll dealt a humiliating rebuff to Mr Jones.

      民意调查的结果对琼斯先生很不利,让他颜面尽失。

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Renter 英 rentə(r)] 美 rentər n.承租人;佃户;出租人 decided apartment rental

Previous card: Sporty steering braking car adj-graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 英 spɔːti] 美

Up to card list: 17641 COCA words