Rebuff
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v.断然拒绝
- ［英］ v.断然拒绝 ( to reject or criticize sharply; snub)
- ［类］ 反义词: welcome ( 欢迎) ; approve ( 同意)
- ［记］ re ( 反) ＋buff ( =puff喷, 吹) -> 反过喷气 -> 拒绝
- ［例］ She rebuffed all my offers of friendship.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb
- Etymology: Middle French rebuffer, from Old Italian ribuffare to reprimand, from ribuffo reprimand
- Date: circa 1586
- to reject or criticize sharply ; snub
- ? rebuff noun
