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

One of these colleges shall open its doors to me-shall welcome whom now it would spurn.
那些学院中会有一个向我敞开大门的，虽然它现在踢开了我，终有它欢迎我的一天。
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。
These gestures have been spurned.
这些表示都遭到了拒绝。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
I will answer for it, that mine thinks herself full as clever, and would spurn any body's assistance. '
我敢担保，我的管家也认为自己非常机灵，不会要别人帮忙。
Fears that they will spurn disarmament talks.
对他们会拒绝裁军谈判的担心。