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spurn v.轻蔑地拒绝；摒弃n.摒弃 (1) 自从童年时起卡尔就一直是一个被命运跑踢来踢去的球，饱经沧桑。 Originally, to spurn was to kick away. Though it's not used in that context so often anymore, being spurned still feels like a kick in the gut. You can reject someone kindly, or let them down easily, but you can't spurn someone with anything but malice.

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英 [spɜːn] 美 [spɜːrn] (1) Carl had been from his childhood a ball of fortune to spurn at. If you reject your mother's offer to buy you a pair of lederhosen with a snort and eye roll, you are spurning her generosity. To spurn means to reject with disdain. 1[VERB 动词]拒绝；摈弃 If you spurn someone or something, you reject them.   [V n]  [V-ed]He spurned the advice of management consultants...他拒绝了管理顾问们的建议。These gestures have been spurned.这些表示都遭到了拒绝。...a spurned lover.遭到抛弃的情人

英语单词	spurn
英美音标	英 [spɜːn] 美 [spɜːrn]
中文释义	v.轻蔑地拒绝；摒弃 n.摒弃
英语例句	(1) Carl had been from his childhood a ball of fortune to spurn at.
中文例句	(1) 自从童年时起卡尔就一直是一个被命运跑踢来踢去的球，饱经沧桑。
vocabulary简明	If you reject your mother's offer to buy you a pair of lederhosen with a snort and eye roll, you are spurning her generosity. To spurn means to reject with disdain.
vocabulary扩展	Originally, to spurn was to kick away. Though it's not used in that context so often anymore, being spurned still feels like a kick in the gut. You can reject someone kindly, or let them down easily, but you can't spurn someone with anything but malice.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]拒绝；摈弃 If you spurn someone or something, you reject them. [V n] [V-ed] He spurned the advice of management consultants... 他拒绝了管理顾问们的建议。 These gestures have been spurned. 这些表示都遭到了拒绝。 ...a spurned lover. 遭到抛弃的情人

Spurn Reject Kick Ed 英 Spɜːn] 美 Spɜːrn V.轻蔑地拒绝；摒弃