rebuff
n. 断然拒绝; 挫败
If you rebuff someone or rebuff a suggestion that they make, you refuse to do what they suggest.
He wanted sex with Julie but she rebuffed him...
他想和朱莉上床但被她拒绝了。
His proposals have already been rebuffed by the Prime Minister.
他的提议已经被首相否决了。
1. a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
2. an instance of driving away or warding off
1. reject outright and bluntly;
2. force or drive back;
Rule persisted with a blink at the rebuff.
鲁尔听到这冷冰冰的答复眨了眨眼睛,接着这个话题谈下去.
This seemed to reach a crescendo last December when voters handed him a serious indirect rebuff.
去年12月,国内对总统的批评似乎渐增—投票人给了总统一份间接的好战行为回绝书.
But Russia's rebuff may stem as much from Chinese carmakers'successes as from their failings.
但俄罗斯的断然拒绝也可能同样是因为中国汽车制造商的成功.
She wanted to invited the general manager to her wedding ceremony, but got a rebuff.
例如;她本来是想去邀请总经理参加自己的婚礼的, 没想到一片好心却碰了一鼻子灰.
The rebuff from the academy was probably what prompted him to consider himself a genius.
学院的闭门羹或许是促使他自认是天才的原因.