Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #1485
Fully loadedreject
拒绝；不接受
To refuse to accept or consider something.
- 1.
To refuse to accept; to forswear.
拒绝接受；发誓放弃。
- 2.
To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
封盖投篮,尤其是将球打出场外。
- 3.
To refuse a romantic advance.
拒绝浪漫的追求。
拒绝（表白）；盖帽；封盖；拒绝接受；发誓放弃。；封盖投篮,尤其是将球打出场外。；拒绝浪漫的追求。
In use
The committee rejected his proposal because it was too expensive.
She rejected the offer of a promotion due to personal reasons.
He felt hurt when his classmates rejected his invitation to the party.
reject + noun phrase
They rejected the proposal.
他们拒绝了这项提议。
reject + noun phrase + as + noun phrase
as 后接被拒绝的角色或身份。
The committee rejected him as a candidate.
委员会拒绝了他作为候选人。
reject + doing sth
reject 后接动名词，不接不定式。
She rejected going to the party.
Connections
Collocations
- reject a proposal
- 拒绝一项提议
- The committee rejected the proposal to build a new highway.委员会拒绝了修建新高速公路的提议。
- reject an offer
- 拒绝一个报价/邀请
- She rejected his offer of marriage.她拒绝了他的求婚。
- reject an idea
- 拒绝一个想法/观点
- Many people reject the idea of genetically modified food.许多人拒绝接受转基因食品的想法。
- reject an application
- 拒绝申请
- The university rejected his application due to low grades.大学因为成绩低拒绝了他的申请。
- reject a candidate
- 拒绝候选人/不录用
- The company rejected the candidate after the interview.公司在面试后拒绝了那位候选人。
- reject a transplant
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象别人递东西给你，你摆手推开说“reject”，即拒绝接受。
Context & Register
通常用于正式或半正式场合，如学术、商务、法律或官方决定中，表示拒绝接受某物或某人。在日常对话中也常见，但多带书面语色彩。典型语境包括拒绝申请、提议、想法或组织成员等。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the spelling chunk 'ject' and rhyme with /ˈdʒɛkt/ in their verb forms. Note that 'object' and 'subject' as nouns have different stress (first syllable).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，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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