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单词 spurn
释义
spurn
verb[T]
formal
uk
/spɜːn/us
/spɝːn/
torefusetoacceptsomething or someone because youfeelthat thing orpersonis notworthhaving:
轻蔑地拒绝；摒弃
She spurned myoffersofhelp.她断然拒绝了我的帮助。
Ellisplaysthepartof theyoungloverspurned by hismistress.埃利斯扮演被情妇抛弃的年轻恋人。
Synonyms
disdainformal
reject
scorn
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Refusing & rejecting
  • abnegate
  • abnegation
  • bar
  • batsomething/someoneaway
  • blow(something)out
  • brush
  • disown
  • jettison
  • laugh
  • miss a chance/opportunityidiom
  • punt onsomething
  • quit
  • quit onsomeone
  • react
  • react againstsomething
  • rebuff
  • repudiate
  • resistant
  • turnyournose upidiom
  • unclaimed
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(Definition ofspurnfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

spurn| American Dictionary

spurn
verb[T]
us
/spɜrn/
torefusetoacceptsomething:
She spurned his attentions andrefusedtoseehim.
(Definition ofspurnfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspurn

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The theme of ' ' charity ' ' is revisited only to be spurned.
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And not surprisingly, intimate local knowledge of the land and its resources is spurned.
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It reflects an irresistible trend in the academy toward spurning unified schemes and hierarchies of every kind.
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The emphasis is on opportunities lost or spurned.
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That is, they spurned the idea that market forces determine the outcome of the struggle.
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Functional languages typicallyspurnexplicit mutation of data structures, which means that data structures in functional languages tend to be persistent.
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It becomes a tribute spurned, leaving him in mastery.
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All of the other contributions employ the ' disembodied sentences ' supposedly spurned by the cognitive-functional approach.
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Many citizensspurndiscussions because they strongly dislike the fundamental act of making their preferences known to others.
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Similarly, the practical mathematical sciences, in which the practices and instruments of the new experimental strategies appeared, have too often been spurned.
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The largest group which is generally spurning the move towards the loss of the final -al is the group ending in -logical, such as archaeological, biological, ecological, meteorological, psychological, theological.
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It is unthinkable tospurnit in this way.
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They will be handy men, spurned in the workshop, because foremen and workmen will not have anything to do with them.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There are those who would despise andspurnthem, who would trample upon them and take joy in doing it.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The olive branch has been held out by this side, and you have spurned it.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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