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rebuff sth
She rebuffed his offer of help.
她断然拒绝了他的帮助。
拒绝；回绝
rebuffed — past of rebuff
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拒绝；回绝
to refuse or reject someone or something, especially in a blunt or unfriendly way
She rebuffed his offer of help.
她断然拒绝了他的帮助。
拒绝；突然或严厉地抵抗；回绝或排斥。
To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
再次打磨；重新擦亮。
To buff again.
rebuff
Base
原形
rebuffs
3rd person
第三人称单数
rebuffing
-ing
现在分词
rebuffed
Past
过去式
rebuffed
Past participle
过去分词
She often rebuffs his offers.
她常常拒绝他的提议。
He rebuffed their invitation yesterday.
他昨天拒绝了他们的邀请。
They have rebuffed all attempts at negotiation.
他们拒绝了所有谈判的尝试。
规则动词，过去式与过去分词同形。
She rebuffed his invitation to dinner with a curt 'no thank you.'
她以简短的一句“不用了，谢谢”断然拒绝了他的晚餐邀请。
The company rebuffed the takeover bid, calling it inadequate.
该公司断然拒绝了收购要约，称其报价不足。
Despite his repeated attempts, his offers of help were rebuffed.
尽管他多次尝试，他提供的帮助还是被断然拒绝。
She rebuffed his offer of help.
她断然拒绝了他的帮助。
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。
The company rebuffed attempts to unionize.
公司断然拒绝了组织工会的尝试。
Not this
She rebuffed against his proposal.
Use this
She rebuffed his proposal.
Rebuff是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词against。
Not this
He rebuked her invitation for a date.
Use this
He rebuffed her invitation for a date.
Rebuke意为严厉批评，而rebuff意为断然拒绝，这里应用rebuff。
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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。
回绝示好
He politely rebuffed her advances.
他礼貌地回绝了她的示好。
回绝请求
The manager rebuffed the request for a raise.
经理回绝了加薪的请求。
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。
拒绝求婚
She rebuffed his marriage proposal.
她拒绝了他的求婚。
回绝邀请
They rebuffed the invitation to the opening ceremony.
他们回绝了参加开幕式的邀请。
拒绝某人的示好（尤指追求）
She politely rebuffed his advances, explaining that she only saw him as a friend.
她礼貌地拒绝了他的追求，并解释说自己只把他当朋友。
回绝（他方的）主动提议或示好
The company rebuffed the takeover overtures from its larger rival.
这家公司回绝了其更大竞争对手提出的收购提议。
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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’。
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。
及物动词，常用于正式场合，表示断然拒绝。
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