Word · Frequency #19093
rebuff
拒绝；回绝
to refuse or reject someone or something, especially in a blunt or unfriendly way
- 1.
To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
拒绝；突然或严厉地抵抗；回绝或排斥。
- 2.
To buff again.
再次打磨；重新擦亮。
重新擦亮；再次打磨；拒绝；突然或严厉地抵抗；回绝或排斥。；再次打磨；重新擦亮。；严厉拒绝
In use
She rebuffed his invitation to dinner with a curt 'no thank you.'
The company rebuffed the takeover bid, calling it inadequate.
Despite his repeated attempts, his offers of help were rebuffed.
rebuff sth
She rebuffed his offer of help.
她断然拒绝了他的帮助。
rebuff sb
注意：rebuff 的对象可以是人或事物。
The manager rebuffed the employee's suggestion.
经理断然拒绝了员工的建议。
rebuff attempts to do sth
The company rebuffed attempts to unionize.
Connections
Collocations
- rebuff an offer
- 回绝提议
- She rebuffed the offer to become the new manager.她回绝了担任新经理的提议。
- rebuff advances
- 回绝示好
- He politely rebuffed her advances.他礼貌地回绝了她的示好。
- rebuff a request
- 回绝请求
- The manager rebuffed the request for a raise.经理回绝了加薪的请求。
- rebuff an attempt
- 拒绝尝试
- The committee rebuffed the attempt to change the voting rules.委员会拒绝了改变投票规则的尝试。
- rebuff a proposal
- 拒绝求婚
- She rebuffed his marriage proposal.她拒绝了他的求婚。
- rebuff an invitation
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：re（再）+ buff（打磨），把请求像打磨金属一样‘磨回去’，就是断然拒绝；另一义为‘重新擦亮’。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式书面语、外交或商务场合、文学描写 该词作动词表示‘拒绝、回绝’时通常用于正式或书面语境，语气比 refuse 更坚决，常见于外交、商务或文学描写；‘再次打磨’的义项比较少见，多用于技术或工艺场景。
Grammar Note
及物动词，常用于正式场合，表示断然拒绝。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词的最后一个音节都与 rebuff 的 /bʌf/ 押韵，即 /ʌf/。其中 buff、cuff、puff 的 -uff 拼写直接对应 /ʌf/；rough、tough、enough 的 -ough 也发 /ʌf/，但不规则。注意别把 rebuff 和 buffet（/bəˈfeɪ/，自助餐）混淆，后者拼写相似但读音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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