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

• With half a smile and half a spurn.
  半含轻蔑，半含微笑。
• They spurn all our offers of help.
  他们拒绝接受我们提出的一切援助。
• But many financial giants who need all the capital they can get are in no position to spurn government money.
  但许多金融巨头需要自己能够得到的所有资本，它们还远未达到足以对政府资金嗤之以鼻的地步。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is an unparalleled offer that President Bush's administration has made that the Iranians spurn because they seem to be obsessed with the idea of getting nuclear weapons, he said.
  这项布什政府做出的空前的决议可能被伊朗抛弃，因为他们对拥有核武器的想法所困惑。
• 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。
• I will answer for it, that mine thinks herself full as clever, and would spurn any body's assistance. '
  我敢担保，我的管家也认为自己非常机灵，不会要别人帮忙。
• 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。
• Even so it is an interest the Greeks are wise not to spurn.
  即便如此，希腊方面也最好不要对这种兴趣嗤之以鼻。