rebuff sth
She rebuffed his offer of help.
她断然拒绝了他的帮助。
拒绝;回绝
rebuffs — third person singular of rebuff
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
to refuse or reject someone or something, especially in a blunt or unfriendly way
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.
一般现在时
She often rebuffs his offers.
她常常拒绝他的提议。
一般过去时
He rebuffed their invitation yesterday.
他昨天拒绝了他们的邀请。
现在完成时
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。
用法提示:这里 rebuffed 表示严厉、直接地拒绝邀请。
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。
用法提示:rebuffed 用于商业场景,表示坚决拒绝提议。
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。
用法提示:were rebuffed 是被动语态,表示帮助被坚决拒绝。
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。
reject 指明确拒绝接受,语气中性和通用;rebuff 更强调态度突然、粗鲁,多用于拒绝人的友好行为或请求。
refuse 侧重口头或行动上不愿意做某事,可接不定式;rebuff 则针对人或提议,带排斥和冷淡。
turn down 为日常口语,语气较委婉;rebuff 较正式,且带有明显的排斥或粗暴。
snub 强调故意忽略或公开怠慢,不一定是明确拒绝;rebuff 通常是明确的拒绝。
spurn 语气强烈,含有轻蔑、藐视之意,多见于书面语;rebuff 虽带粗鲁,但不一定轻蔑。
grammar · medium
易错句子She rebuffed against his proposal.
正确表达She rebuffed his proposal.
Rebuff是及物动词,直接接宾语,不需要介词against。
grammar · medium
易错句子He rebuked her invitation for a date.
正确表达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。
针对 rebuff 的“拒绝”义项;accept 为中性词,rebuff 带有强硬或粗鲁的拒绝态度。
针对 rebuff 的“排斥”义项;welcome 表示友好接纳,与 rebuff 的冷漠拒绝相反。
针对 rebuff 的“拒绝”义项;embrace 强调热情接受,语气积极,多用于抽象事物或人的亲近。
针对 rebuff 的“拒绝”义项;receive 指不拒绝地迎接或收受,语气较正式。
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。
re-(前缀:再次/回)+ buff(词根:①打磨;②旧义“喷气/猛击”)。本词的“拒绝”义源自“猛击/回击”的引申,“再次打磨”义为 re- + buff(打磨)。无后缀。相关词:rebuild、rewrite(同前缀),buff、buffing(同根)。
常与 rebuff 搭配,指主动提出的友好或合作姿态被拒绝。
指正式的提议,可能遭到 rebuff 的拒绝。
请求可能被 rebuff,表示被断然回绝。
常用复数 advances,指示好或追求,可能被 rebuff。
offer 常作 rebuff 的宾语,表示提供的帮助或条件被拒绝。
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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