rebuff

pronunciation

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  • n.
    断然拒绝
    挫败
  • vt.
    断然拒绝
    阻碍

Word Origin

rebuff 生硬拒绝

re-,向后,往回,-buff,喷,拟声词。比喻用法。

Example

1. Seeing jefferson 's rebuff of that characterization " was a spine-tingling moment , " france says .
弗朗斯表示杰弗逊这个对英王的干脆回绝“令人非常激动”。
2. Even as they rebuff some products , japan 's foreign customers are scrambling to get hold of others .
尽管断然拒绝一些产品,但日本的海外顾客们却争先恐后的要抢购另外一些。
3. In algeria and india as well , two countries trying to forge an architectural style both modern and anti-colonial , concrete was used as a rebuff to ornamental colonial architecture .
同时,阿尔及利亚和印度两国在试图打造一种现代性反殖民建筑风格,混凝土被用做为对装饰性殖民地建筑的一种抵制。
4. Having encountered a second rebuff from tzipi livni in his efforts to form a broad government including her centrist kadima party , mr netanyahu is now wooing ehud barak , the labour leader , who does not conceal his desire to stay on at the defence ministry .
已经遭遇到了第二个来自tzipilivni的冷落在他努力建立一个宽广的政府包括她的中间派kadima党,mrnetanyahu现在希望向工人党领导人ehudbarak建立联姻,ehudbarak也毫不隐晦他对当防御部部长的想法。
5. If mr bush continues to instruct israel to rebuff mr assad 's overtures , mr olmert will no doubt obey orders .
如果布什继续指示以色列断然回绝阿萨德和解性的试探,那奥尔默特则毫无疑问会言听计从。

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