| 单词 | spurn |
| 释义 | spurnWord family nounspurnerspurningverbspurn spurn /spɜːn $ spɜːrn/ verb [transitiveT] literaryREFUSE to refuse to accept something or someone, especially because you are too proud 轻蔑地拒绝，对…不屑一顾 SYN reject She spurned all offers of help. 她骄傲地拒绝一切帮助。 a spurned lover 被轻蔑拒绝的爱慕者 Examples from the Corpus spurn• When she spurned his advances, he started to stalk her.• The restored Rump, however, took away Boteler's regimental command and spurned his nomination as quartermaster-general.• Four men worked hard all day to give them safety, and they spurned it.• But Giap spurned the advice, explaining that he could not desert his comrades.• Narcissus was a young man who spurned the nymph Echo and became enamoured of his own reflection.• But Dudaev would be foolish to spurn the offer outright.• The rates they offered were so low, though, that investors spurned them.• Steve, who is smoother than snakeskin shorts; and Lisa, a spurned woman. Old English spurnan |
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