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rebuff

美音:[rı´bʌf ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[rı´bʌf ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
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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deny  disclaim  disdain  disown  reject  renounce  repudiate  scorn  snub  spurn    

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
= snub
 He received a humiliating rebuff from his manager.
>rebuffv [T]
 He rebuffed all her suggestions.