spurn
verb/spɜːn/
/spɜːrn/
(formal or literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they spurn | /spɜːn/ /spɜːrn/ |
| he / she / it spurns | /spɜːnz/ /spɜːrnz/ |
| past simple spurned | /spɜːnd/ /spɜːrnd/ |
| past participle spurned | /spɜːnd/ /spɜːrnd/ |
| -ing form spurning | /ˈspɜːnɪŋ/ /ˈspɜːrnɪŋ/ |
- spurn somebody/something to reject or refuse somebody/something, especially in a proud way
（尤指傲慢地）拒绝 - Eve spurned Mark's invitation.
伊夫一口回绝了马克的邀请。 - a spurned lover
遭到轻蔑拒绝的痴心爱慕者 - The president spurned the tight security surrounding him and adopted a more intimate style of campaigning.
总统摒弃了周围严密的安保措施，采取了更为亲密的竞选方式。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc2- He had been spurned by all the major record companies.
他遭到了各大唱片公司的唾弃。 - She spurned his overtures of love.
她轻蔑地拒绝了他的求爱。 - The glossy conventions of Hollywood were spurned in favour of a rough-hewn cinematic style.
好莱坞光鲜亮丽的惯例被抛弃，取而代之的是粗糙的电影风格。
Oxford Collocations DictionarySpurn is used with these nouns as the object:- overture
Word OriginOld English spurnan, spornan; related to Latin spernere ‘to scorn’; compare with spur. - Eve spurned Mark's invitation.