rebuff
美音:
[rı´bʌf
]英音:
[rı´bʌf
]n.回绝 v.回绝
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rebuff为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:rebuffed 过去分词:rebuffed 现在分词:rebuffing 第三人称单数:rebuffs
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rebuff
/rɪ'bʌf; rɪ`bʌf/
n unkind or contemptuous refusal or rejection (of an offer, request, friendly gesture, etc); snub (对好意、请求、友好表示等的)粗暴拒绝, 轻蔑回绝, 冷落
*Her kindness to him was met with a cruel rebuff. 她一片好心却遭到他冷酷的拒绝.
v [Tn] give a rebuff to (sb); snub 粗暴拒绝(某人); 冷落.
rebuff
n[C][
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: Early
French rebuffer, from
Old Italian ribuffare
'to criticize angrily']
formal an unkind or unfriendly answer to a friendly suggestion or offer of help
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snub He received a humiliating rebuff from his manager.>rebuffv [T] He rebuffed all her suggestions.