rebuff
rebuff 英 [rɪˈbʌf] 美 [rɪˈbʌf]
n. 断然拒绝；回绝；漠不关心 vt. 断然拒绝
进行时:rebuffing 过去式:rebuffed 过去分词:rebuffed 第三人称单数:rebuffs 名词复数:rebuffs
- If you rebuff someone, you reject or snub him. You might decide to rebuff a classmate's invitation to the dance after hearing him gossip meanly about a friend.
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- n. 断然拒绝；回绝；漠不关心
- vt. 断然拒绝
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1. His rebuff thoroughly deflated me.
他的断然拒绝使我心灰意懒。
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2. Cumulatively these transcribed minutes help us to see the gradual changes in policy when both sides were willing to risk rebuff.
这些点点滴滴的记录叠加起来，让我们看到当双方都愿意甘冒风险，不怕回绝时，政策是如何逐渐转变的。
- rebuff (n.) 1610s, from rebuff (v.), or from Middle French rebuffe or Italian ribuffo.
- rebuff (v.) 1580s, from obsolete French rebuffer "to check, snub," from Italian ribuffare "to check, chide, snide," from ribuffo "a snub," from ri- "back" (from Latin re-, see re-) + buffo "a puff," of imitative origin (compare buffet (v.)). Related: Rebuffed; rebuffing.
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