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单词 rebuff
释义
rebuff
verb[T]
formal
uk
/rɪˈbʌf/us
/rɪˈbʌf/
torefusetoacceptahelpfulsuggestionorofferfrom someone, often byansweringin anunfriendlyway:
粗暴回绝；生硬拒绝；断然拒绝
She rebuffed allsuggestionsthat she shouldresign.她断然拒绝了所有劝她辞职的建议。
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
  • repudiate
  • resistant
  • spurn
  • turnyournose upidiom
  • unclaimed
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rebuff
noun[C]
formal
uk
/rɪˈbʌf/us
/rɪˈbʌf/
theactofrefusingtoacceptasuggestionorofferfrom someone, often byansweringin anunfriendlyway:
Herdesperaterequestforhelpwasmetwith a rebuff.
Thecommentsdrewsharprebuffs frombudgetexpertsinparliament.
More examples
  • Thousands ofvotersdesertedthepartytodeliverastingingrebuff to the Government.
  • He hastwicebeendefeatedinleadershipcontestsand isreluctanttoriskafurtherrebuff.
  • She wasstunnedby the rebuff.
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
  • repudiate
  • resistant
  • spurn
  • turnyournose upidiom
  • unclaimed
See more results »
(Definition ofrebufffrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
rebuff
verb[T]
formal
uk
/rɪˈbʌf/us
/rɪˈbʌf/
torefusetoacceptahelpfulsuggestionorofferfrom someone, often byansweringin anunfriendlyway
粗暴回绝；生硬拒绝；断然拒绝
She rebuffed allsuggestionsthat she shouldresign.她断然拒绝了所有劝她辞职的建议。

rebuff| American Dictionary

rebuff
verb[T]
us
/rɪˈbʌf/
torefusetoacceptasuggestion, arequestforhelp, or anoffertohelp, often in anunfriendlyway:
Ourrequestforassistancehas been rebuffed.

rebuff

noun[C]us
/rɪˈbʌf/
Boren’sideatook asharprebuff.
(Definition ofrebufffrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrebuff

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Indeed, it seems as if the unconscious would mobilize the indexicality of the sign in order torebuffthe idea of reference.
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When incidents occurred in small, local markets and grocery stores, successful lootings outnumbered rebuffed attempts by nearly three to one.
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Some respondents who renewed contact with children or siblings had positive responses, but others were rebuffed.
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They show little distress on her departures and ignore orrebuffher on her returns.
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The two tenants recalled with satisfaction the gossip that had soon spread about how the would-be visitor had been rebuffed.
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Consequently, they would be obliged either 'to take arebuffor to use heavy forces, and that he would be opposed to'.
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Legislators who enact an unconstitutional law, for example, would be rebuffed by a court through the exercise of judicial review.
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This pattern is associated with a history of chronicrebuff, especially when the infant sought physical contact with the caregiver.
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But if the future is accidentally necessary, it does not seem that the advisee can either heed orrebuffprior advice given.
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It also rebuffed a recommendation that political parties violating the code norms be fined, rather than suspended or dissolved, with prison terms imposed on their leaders.
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But these dreams of the creator go awry: the monster surprisingly longs for love and sympathy, and turns to evil destruction when his emotional needs findrebuffin the community.
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For the first year, there were no allegations of arbitrary or partisan arrests, investigation of crimes was perceived as thorough and fair, and political influence and bribes were repeatedly rebuffed.
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In the first place, the novelist rebuffs the picture of herself before a typewriter; in the second, she articulates her personal involvement in her own business transactions.
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Initially, he was rebuffed everywhere.
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Roldan's proposal of a massive general strike was rebuffed.
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