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

• Fears that they will spurn disarmament talks.
  对他们会拒绝裁军谈判的担心。
• And kick me as you spurn a stranger cur over your threshold.
  又像对待一个陌生的杂种那样使劲地踢我。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't spurn me with your heel!
  请别用你的脚后跟踢我吧！
• We spurn firmly the shade building style, the rejection shade building vulgar interest, uncovers the shade building assembly line the hard wound, do not have again to do clones the bride.
  我们坚决唾弃影楼风格，摒弃影楼低级趣味，揭影楼流水线的硬伤，不要再做克隆新娘。
• These gestures have been spurned.
  这些表示都遭到了拒绝。
• With half a smile and half a spurn.
  半含轻蔑，半含微笑。
• 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。
• 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。