rebuffs

英 [rɪˈbʌfs]

美 [rɪˈbʌfs]

v.  断然拒绝; 阻碍
rebuff的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 拒绝;回绝
  If yourebuffsomeone orrebuffa suggestion that they make, you refuse to do what they suggest.
  1. He wanted sex with Julie but she rebuffed him...
     他想和朱莉上床但被她拒绝了。
  2. His proposals have already been rebuffed by the Prime Minister.
     他的提议已经被首相否决了。
  3. Rebuffis also a noun.
     
  4. The results of the poll dealt a humiliating rebuff to Mr Jones.
     民意调查的结果对琼斯先生很不利，让他颜面尽失。

双语例句

• Britain then spent years desperately trying to join in the face of repeated rebuffs and eventually gained admission only in 1972.
  在那之后，英国用了多年时间，拼命想加入其中，却屡遭拒绝，最后直到1972年才被接纳。
• They didn't see this as an issue the Women's Movement could claim as its own, but as a separate one with a long history of rebuffs and setbacks.
  但她们并没有把妇女运动提出的平等就业机会的主张看作是自己的事。由于长时间来这种要求一直遭到断然拒绝和挫折而将之当作可望而不企及的事了。
• Asian companies are also becoming more aggressive, say dealmakers, often taking the initiative in transactions and persisting after initial rebuffs.
  交易撮合者称，亚洲企业也正变得越来越激进，经常主动发起收购，在起初遭到拒绝后也不放弃。
• The succession of rebuffs he had suffered in the platoon had made him more wily.
  他在候察排里碰到的一连串钉子，使他学乖了。
• Repeated reBuffs couldn't extinguish my enthusiasm.
  我的热情不会因屡次的受责而减少。