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

• Don't spurn me with your heel!
  请别用你的脚后跟踢我吧！
• It also points out, to acquire the essence of calligraph, calligraphists should spurn the utilitarianism, emphasize the inner self-experience.
  指出当代书法家必须摒弃创作功利意识，着重自我内在体验的感悟，才能获取书法艺术真谛。
• 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。
• 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。
• White House official Monday cast strong doubt on the willingness of the Taliban's reclusive leader to spurn his group's violent ways and back the Afghan government.
  一名白宫官员周一称，他很怀疑这位塔利班藏匿领导人放弃他们组织的激进道路和回归政府的积极性。
• 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。
• That, of course, is precisely why it should spurn the go out policy and instead stay home.
  当然，这恰恰说明，该公司应该放弃走出去政策，而固守国内市场。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。