- vt. 唾棄；冷落；一腳踢開
- vi. 摒棄；藐視
- n. 藐視，摒棄；踢開
GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?spurns;過去式:?spurned;過去分詞:?spurned;現(xiàn)在分詞:?spurning;
助記提示
1. spur => *sper- 'hit with the foot, kick' => spurn.
2. which originally meant literally 'hit with the foot, trip over'.
中文詞源
spurn 拒絕，回絕來自古英語 spurnan,踢開，詞源同 spur,馬刺，鞭刺。引申比喻義拒絕，回絕。
英文詞源
- spurn (v.)
- Old English spurnan "to kick (away), strike against; reject, scorn, despise," from Proto-Germanic *spurnon (cognates: Old Saxon and Old High German spurnan, Old Frisian spurna, Old Norse sporna "to kick, drive away with the feet"), from PIE root *spere- "ankle" (cognates: Middle Dutch spoor "track of an animal," Greek sphyron "ankle," Latin spernere "to reject, spurn," Sanskrit sphurati "kicks," Middle Irish seir "heel"). Related: Spurned; spurning.
雙語例句
- 1. They spurn all our offers of help.
- 他們拒絕接受我們提出的一切援助.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. As an armyman, I spurn fearlessly at all danger and the enemy.
- 作為一個軍人, 一切危險和敵人絲毫不在我的眼下.
來自辭典例句
- 3. One of these colleges shall open its doors to me - shall welcome whom now it would spurn.
- 那些學院中會有一個向我敞開大門的,雖然它現(xiàn)在踢開了我,終有它歡迎我的一天.
來自辭典例句
- 4. We can't spurn chances like we did in Copenhagen and against Celtic.
- 我們不能像在哥本哈根和哥拉斯哥那樣浪費機會.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Scientists who spurn federal cash may do as they please.
- 對聯(lián)邦政府資助不屑一顧的科學家們只要愿意,還是會照搞不誤.
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