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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• With half a smile and half a spurn.
  半含轻蔑，半含微笑。
• Don't spurn me with your heel!
  请别用你的脚后跟踢我吧！
• We spurn firmly the shade building style, the rejection shade building vulgar interest, uncovers the shade building assembly line the hard wound, do not have again to do clones the bride.
  我们坚决唾弃影楼风格，摒弃影楼低级趣味，揭影楼流水线的硬伤，不要再做克隆新娘。
• How long these two will spurn the capital backing of a commercial bank remains to be seen.
  这两家投资银行还能坚持多久、不接受商业银行的资金支持，仍须拭目以待。
• 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。
• When candidates for the highest office in the land appear to spurn reason, embrace anecdote over scientific evidence, and even portray scientists as the perpetrators of a massive hoax, there is reason to worry, it thundered.
  文章痛斥道：当角逐美国最高职位的竞选者表现出拒绝接受理性、相信轶闻胜于科学证据、甚至将科学家描绘为一场重大骗局的罪魁祸首时，我们有理由感到担忧。
• 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。