【每日一词】rebuff - /ri-ˈbəf / n. 断然拒绝；回绝；漠不关心；冷遇; an abrupt or ungracious refusal or rejection of an offer, request, or friendly gesture.

rebuff

vt. 断然拒绝，回绝，冷落 to reject or criticize sharply : SNUB；to refuse to accept a helpful suggestion or offer from someone, often by answering in an unfriendly way.

短语

get a rebuff: 碰一鼻子灰

welcome each rebuff: 欢迎每一个钉子；欢迎每一个回击；欢迎每一丝

court a rebuff: 法院一鼻子灰；法院是在抵制；讨了个没趣儿

Rebuff the Wicked: 拒斥恶行

Even Rebuff: 甚至断然拒绝

rebuff approve: 严厉拒绝

to court a rebuff: 自讨没趣

receive serious rebuff: 碰壁

Examples of rebuff in a Sentence

1 Our suggestion was immediately rebuffed.

2 The company rebuffed the bid.

3 She rebuffed him when he asked her for a date.

4 Both Trump and Hunter Biden have pleaded not guilty, denied wrongdoing and accused the Justice Department of letting politics influence the probes, accusations from both the political right and left that Garland has rebuffed.

—Robert Legare, CBS News, 4 June 2024

5 He was rebuffed and sat out the 1978-79 season in protest. —Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 27 May 2024

6 And twice in as many weeks, key city committees have rebuffed their efforts, signaling a disinterest in blocking the project, which the university maintains needs no zoning variances. —Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 19 May 2024

7 As mayor in 2009, Dixon tried once before to institute a land bank, but was rebuffed by City Council members concerned about transparency and its financial feasibility. —Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024

双语例句

Her offer of help was met with a sharp rebuff.

她主动帮忙，却遭到断然拒绝。

The results of the poll dealt a humiliating rebuff to Mr. Jones.

民意测验的结果对琼斯先生来说是一个羞辱性的拒绝。