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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They spurn all our offers of help.
  他们拒绝接受我们提出的一切援助。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't spurn me with your heel!
  请别用你的脚后跟踢我吧！
• These gestures have been spurned.
  这些表示都遭到了拒绝。