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。
• 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。
• When candidates for the highest office in the land appear to spurn reason, embrace anecdote over scientific evidence, and even portray scientists as the perpetrators of a massive hoax, there is reason to worry, it thundered.
  文章痛斥道：当角逐美国最高职位的竞选者表现出拒绝接受理性、相信轶闻胜于科学证据、甚至将科学家描绘为一场重大骗局的罪魁祸首时，我们有理由感到担忧。
• 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。
• 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。
• Just as American drivers spurn SUVs for more gas-efficient transport, so too should Sinopec investors consider switching to more promising vehicles.
  正如美国司机为减少汽油消耗而抛弃了SUV一样，中国石化的投资者也应考虑转向更有前途的投资工具。
• They spurn all our offers of help.
  他们拒绝接受我们提出的一切援助。
• These mostly spurn orthodox fiscal and monetary instruments and instead just replace one type of crude bureaucratic intervention with another.
  这些举措大多摈弃了传统的财政和货币政策工具，相反，仅仅是以一种生硬的政府干预，代替另一种形式的干预。
• 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。
• 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。