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spurn something
spurn 作及物动词，宾语常为 offer、suggestion、proposal 等抽象名词，表示因不屑而拒绝。
She spurned his offer of help.
她断然拒绝了他的帮助。
唾弃；冷落；摒弃
spurned — past of spurn
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
唾弃；冷落；摒弃
reject with contempt
She spurned his offer of help.
她断然拒绝了他的帮助。
轻蔑地拒绝；鄙视；唾弃
To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
用脚踢开以拒绝
To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.
浪费；未能充分利用(机会)
To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)
spurn
Base
原形
spurns
3rd person
第三人称单数
spurning
-ing
现在分词
spurned
Past
过去式
spurned
Past participle
过去分词
She spurns every offer of help.
她轻蔑地拒绝每一个帮助的提议。
He spurned their apology and walked away.
他断然拒绝了他们的道歉，然后走开了。
They have spurned all our attempts at compromise.
他们对我们所有妥协的尝试都不屑一顾。
spurn 为规则动词，过去式和过去分词都是 spurned；语气较强，常表示‘轻蔑地拒绝、摒弃’。
He spurned all their attempts to apologize, walking away without a word.
他拒绝了他们所有的道歉尝试，一言不发地走开了。
The committee spurned the proposal, calling it impractical and costly.
委员会拒绝了这项提案，称其不切实际且代价高昂。
Despite her fear, she spurned the easy escape and chose to stay.
尽管害怕，她还是摒弃了轻松的逃脱机会，选择留下。
spurn 作及物动词，宾语常为 offer、suggestion、proposal 等抽象名词，表示因不屑而拒绝。
She spurned his offer of help.
她断然拒绝了他的帮助。
宾语为人时，常含冷漠不理、抛弃或厌恶之意。
He spurned his former friends after the quarrel.
吵架后，他冷落了以前的朋友。
被动结构强调被拒绝的一方，by 后引出施动者。
The proposal was spurned by the committee.
该提议遭到了委员会的断然拒绝。
Not this
She spurned at his apology.
Use this
She spurned his apology.
spurn 在现代英语中表示‘唾弃、冷落’时是及物动词，直接接被拒绝的对象作宾语，不需要加介词 at；不要受中文‘对……不屑一顾’的影响而添加 at。
Not this
He spurned to accept the offer.
Use this
He spurned the offer.
spurn 后面直接接所拒绝或唾弃的事物，不能像 refuse 那样带不定式 to do。中文的‘拒绝接受’已包含在 spurn 中，所以应删去 to accept，用 the offer 作宾语。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
断然拒绝提议
She spurned his offer of help.
她断然拒绝了他的帮助提议。
拒绝某人的追求
He spurned her advances politely.
他礼貌地拒绝了她的追求。
拒绝忠告
The young man spurned his parents' advice.
那个年轻人拒绝了父母的忠告。
抵制诱惑；摒弃诱惑
She managed to spurn the temptation to cheat.
她设法抵制了作弊的诱惑。
拒绝求婚者
The princess spurned all her suitors.
公主拒绝了所有求婚者。
有德之人所遭受的轻蔑
This famous line is from Hamlet's 'To be or not to be' soliloquy: it names the spurns a deserving person endures.
这句名言出自《哈姆雷特》中“生存还是毁灭”的独白，指的是有德之人所受的轻蔑。
Use spurned naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
spurn 里有 urn（瓮），想象你一脚踢开一个瓮，表示唾弃、冷落。记住：踢开即 spurn。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary works spurn 多用于正式或文学语境，表示轻蔑地拒绝或唾弃，语气强烈，日常口语中比较少见。
以上词均以 /ɜːn/ 结尾，与 spurn 押韵。注意形近词 spur /spɜː/ 缺少末尾的 /n/，读音不同，不押韵。
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