spurn

英 [spɜːn]

美 [spɜːrn]

v.  (尤指傲慢地)拒绝

过去式：spurned　过去分词：spurned　第三人称单数：spurns　现在分词：spurning　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.14098 / COCA.15240

牛津词典

verb

• （尤指傲慢地）拒绝
  to reject or refuse sb/sth, especially in a proud way
  1. Eve spurned Mark's invitation.
     伊夫一口回绝了马克的邀请。
  2. a spurned lover
     遭到轻蔑拒绝的痴心爱慕者

柯林斯词典

• VERB 拒绝;摈弃
  If youspurnsomeone or something, you reject them.
  1. He spurned the advice of management consultants...
     他拒绝了管理顾问们的建议。
  2. These gestures have been spurned.
     这些表示都遭到了拒绝。
  3. ...a spurned lover.
     遭到抛弃的情人

英英释义

verb

• reject with contempt
  1. She spurned his advances
  Synonym:rejectfreeze offscornpooh-poohdisdainturn down

双语例句

• These gestures have been spurned.
  这些表示都遭到了拒绝。
• How long these two will spurn the capital backing of a commercial bank remains to be seen.
  这两家投资银行还能坚持多久、不接受商业银行的资金支持，仍须拭目以待。
• One of these colleges shall open its doors to me-shall welcome whom now it would spurn.
  那些学院中会有一个向我敞开大门的，虽然它现在踢开了我，终有它欢迎我的一天。
• Don't spurn me with your heel!
  请别用你的脚后跟踢我吧！
• Obama's efforts at conciliation, our adversaries Iran, North Korea, Hamas, among others may spurn America's outstretched hand, or meet it with a mailed fist.
  尽管奥巴马致力于调节，但是我们的敌对者诸如伊朗、朝鲜、哈马斯可能拒绝美国所伸出的调停之手，或者一开始就拒绝通信会谈。
• One is that the syndicates will spurn smaller deals because of the cost of the paperwork.
  一是，由于案头成本的问题，这些联合组织将摒弃小的投资项目。
• The second group adopts ways like installation and behavioral art to emphasize scene feeling and to show their spurn at the over-reproduction of images that caused loss of artistic feeling.
  还有一些艺术家选择采用装置、行为艺术等强调现场感的形式来拒斥当代社会由于图像过度复制而导致的艺术感消失的问题。
• Buddhists are encouraged to demonstrate a reverence for all sentient beings; some believers spurn meat while others buy animals destined for slaughter and then set them free.
  佛教鼓励信徒敬畏众生；一些信徒拒绝吃肉，其他人则买下将要被屠宰的动物，然后放生。
• They spurn all our offers of help.
  他们拒绝接受我们提出的一切援助。
• He spurned the advice of management consultants
  他拒绝了管理顾问们的建议。