| 英语单词 | rebuff |
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| 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 [usu with supp]
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