rebuff

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If you rebuff someone or rebuff a suggestion that they make, you refuse to do what they suggest. 拒絕
His proposals have already been rebuffed by the governor. 他的建議已被州長(zhǎng)拒絕了。
2. N-VAR Rebuff is also a noun. 拒絕
The results of the poll dealt a humiliating rebuff to Mr. Jones. 民意測(cè)騐的結(jié)果對(duì)瓊斯先生來(lái)說(shuō)是一個(gè)羞辱性的拒絕。