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

• We should spurn at the difficulties but not look down upon them.
  我们应该蔑视困难，但绝不应轻视它们。
• 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。
• Fears that they will spurn disarmament talks.
  对他们会拒绝裁军谈判的担心。
• The second group adopts ways like installation and behavioral art to emphasize scene feeling and to show their spurn at the over-reproduction of images that caused loss of artistic feeling.
  还有一些艺术家选择采用装置、行为艺术等强调现场感的形式来拒斥当代社会由于图像过度复制而导致的艺术感消失的问题。
• 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。
• Even so it is an interest the Greeks are wise not to spurn.
  即便如此，希腊方面也最好不要对这种兴趣嗤之以鼻。
• 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。
• This is an unparalleled offer that President Bush's administration has made that the Iranians spurn because they seem to be obsessed with the idea of getting nuclear weapons, he said.
  这项布什政府做出的空前的决议可能被伊朗抛弃，因为他们对拥有核武器的想法所困惑。
• 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。
• If you were coming in the fall, I'd brush the summer by with half a smile and half a spurn, as housewives do a fly.
  如果你在秋天来临，我会半带微笑半带轻藐将夏日拂扫而过，象主妇把一只苍蝇拍掉。