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

• 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。
• They spurn all our offers of help.
  他们拒绝接受我们提出的一切援助。
• Carl had been from his childhood a ball of fortune to spurn at.
  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。
• As an armyman, I spurn fearlessly at all danger and the enemy.
  作为一名军人，一切危险和敌人全不在我的眼下。
• We should spurn at the difficulties but not look down upon them.
  我们应该蔑视困难，但绝不应轻视它们。
• 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。
• He spurned the advice of management consultants
  他拒绝了管理顾问们的建议。
• White House official Monday cast strong doubt on the willingness of the Taliban's reclusive leader to spurn his group's violent ways and back the Afghan government.
  一名白宫官员周一称，他很怀疑这位塔利班藏匿领导人放弃他们组织的激进道路和回归政府的积极性。
• Fears that they will spurn disarmament talks.
  对他们会拒绝裁军谈判的担心。
• And my belief is that you came to steal a pretty girl's heart away, and to ruin it, and to spurn in afterwards.
  我认为，你是要来偷一个漂亮姑娘的心，偷到以后就把它揉碎，然后踹在脚下。