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rebuff

英 [rɪˈbʌf]

美 [rɪˈbʌf]

n.  粗暴回绝; 生硬的拒绝
v.  断然拒绝; 阻碍

过去分词:rebuffed 过去式:rebuffed 复数:rebuffs 第三人称单数:rebuffs 现在分词:rebuffing 

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Collins.1 / BNC.19093 / COCA.14271

同义词辨析

denydeclinerebuffrefusereject【导航词义:拒绝】

denyv. 〈正式〉拒绝,不允许
〔辨析〕
指不允许某人拥有某物或做某事。
〔例证〕
He was denied entry to the country.
他被拒绝进入该国。
She could deny him nothing.
她对他有求必应。
declinev. 〈正式〉拒绝
〔辨析〕
指婉言谢绝他人的帮助、邀请等。
〔例证〕
My wife declined Mrs. Green's invitation to dinner.
我夫人谢绝了格林太太的晚宴邀请。
Poor as he was, Mr. Brown declined a large sum of money from the charity.
布朗先生虽然很穷,却谢绝了慈善团体的一大笔捐款。
We agreed to offer him a lift but he declined.
我们同意让他搭车,但是他却谢绝了。
rebuffv. 〈正式〉回绝,断然拒绝
〔辨析〕
指很不友好地拒绝别人善意的建议或帮助。
〔例证〕
She rebuffed all his offers of friendship.
她断然拒绝了他所有的友好表示。
refusev. 拒绝,回绝
〔辨析〕
普通用词,指拒绝做某事或接受别人所给之物,作后者解时常可与turn down 换用。
〔例证〕
She refused to go there alone.
她拒绝一个人到那里去。
She asked him to come with her, but he refused.
她叫他一起来,但是他拒绝了。
He refused a second cup of coffee.
他谢绝了第二杯咖啡。
The suggestion seems too good to refuse/turn down.
这个建议太好了,让人难以拒绝。
rejectv. 拒绝
〔辨析〕
指拒绝接受或考虑某事,或指由于不能让人满意而不接受、不录取等。
〔例证〕
They rejected my proposal.
他们否决了我的建议。
He rejected calls for his resignation.
他对要求他辞职的呼声置之不理。
My brother was rejected by the army because of his poor eyesight.
我弟弟因为视力不好未能参军。

牛津词典

    noun

    • 粗暴回绝;生硬的拒绝
      an unkind refusal of a friendly offer, request or suggestion
      1. Her offer of help was met with a sharp rebuff.
        她主动帮忙,却遭到断然拒绝。

    柯林斯词典

    • VERB 拒绝;回绝
      If yourebuffsomeone orrebuffa suggestion that they make, you refuse to do what they suggest.
      1. He wanted sex with Julie but she rebuffed him...
        他想和朱莉上床但被她拒绝了。
      2. His proposals have already been rebuffed by the Prime Minister.
        他的提议已经被首相否决了。
      3. Rebuffis also a noun.
      4. The results of the poll dealt a humiliating rebuff to Mr Jones.
        民意调查的结果对琼斯先生很不利,让他颜面尽失。

    英英释义

    noun

    • a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
        Synonym:slight
      1. an instance of driving away or warding off
          Synonym:snubrepulse

        verb

        双语例句

        • There, a prickly instability, characteristic of his childhood, re-emerged, perhaps brought on by a rebuff from his landlady's daughter.
          在那里,动荡不安的处境和童年独特的性格一一重现,或许这些是女房东女儿的回绝所引起的。
        • Her kindness to him was met with a cruel rebuff.
          她一片好心却遭到他冷酷的拒绝。
        • If you never fear a rebuff you will never have one.
          如果你从不怕遭到拒绝,你就绝不会遭到拒绝。
        • Her offer of help was met with a sharp rebuff.
          她主动帮忙,却遭到断然拒绝。
        • Good news now arrived from Tobruk, where the audacious and persistent enemy met their first definite rebuff.
          这时,从托卜鲁克传来了好消息,大胆顽强的敌人初次遭到了明显的挫折。
        • She saw in him the peculiar tight rebuff against anyone of the lower classes who might be really climbing up, which she knew was characteristic of his breed.
          她看见了他对较下阶级的稍有上升希望的人所生的那种狭窄的反感,她知道这是他那一类人的特性。
        • I wondered whether the Colonel would take this rebuff.
          我不知道上校会不会容忍我不服从命令。
        • Her rebuff thoroughly deflated him.
          她的拒绝使他的骄气大挫。
        • The disciples laughed, taking this to be a well-deserved rebuff.
          弟子们笑了,很欣赏这个巧妙的回应。
        • Wherever possible they dealt Wanshington's high-handed policy a rebuff.
          在可能情形下,他们总把华盛顿的高压政策顶回去。