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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If I pitied you for crying and looking so very frightened, you should spurn such pity.
  如果我为了你的哭和你这非常害怕的神气来怜悯你，你也应该拒绝这怜悯。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't spurn me with your heel!
  请别用你的脚后跟踢我吧！
• 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。
• 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。