spurn

英 [spɜːn] 美 [spɜːrn]

• v. 轻蔑地拒绝；摒弃
• n. 摒弃

英英释义

Verb:

1. reject with contempt;

   "She spurned his advances"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. I spurn your offer.
   我拒绝你的提议。
2. 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。

经典引文

• Her very limbs seemed to ache with longing for the love of a man who had spurned her.

  出自： Baroness Orczy

• Iceland spurned kingship..and was ruled..by a union of chieftains.

  出自： K. Crossley

近反义词

【近义词】

• reject 拒绝
• snub 冷落
• scorn 轻蔑
• rebuff 断然拒绝
• disdain 轻蔑
• slight 轻微的
• repulse 击退
• despise 轻视
• look down on 俯视
• disown 否认
• deny 否认
• repudiate 拒绝
• renounce 声明放弃
• ward 病房
• decline 下降
• freeze off 疏远
• turn down 调低
• pooh-pooh 表示轻蔑或不耐烦...