with obj.
- reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner断然拒绝; 回绝; 冷落：
I asked her to be my wife, and was rebuffed in no uncertain terms.
我要求她做我的妻子, 但遭到断然拒绝。
- an abrupt or ungracious refusal or rejection of an offer, request, or friendly gesture（对提议、请求或友好示意的）断然拒绝, 峻拒; 回绝; 冷遇：
any attempt to win her friendship was met with rebuffs.
每次想赢得她友谊的努力, 都遭到了拒绝。
词源
late 16th cent.: from obsolete French rebuffer (verb), rebuffe (noun), from Italian ri- (expressing opposition) + buffo 'a gust, puff', of imitative origin.