spurn
英[spɜːn]
美
- vt. 唾弃；冷落；一脚踢开
- vi. 摒弃；藐视
- n. 藐视，摒弃；踢开
词态变化
第三人称单数: spurns;过去式: spurned;过去分词: spurned;现在分词: spurning;
助记提示
1. spur => *sper- 'hit with the foot, kick' => spurn.
2. which originally meant literally 'hit with the foot, trip over'.
中文词源
spurn 拒绝，回绝
来自古英语 spurnan,踢开，词源同 spur,马刺，鞭刺。引申比喻义拒绝，回绝。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. They spurn all our offers of help.
- 他们拒绝接受我们提出的一切援助.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. As an armyman, I spurn fearlessly at all danger and the enemy.
- 作为一个军人, 一切危险和敌人丝毫不在我的眼下.
来自辞典例句
- 3. One of these colleges shall open its doors to me - shall welcome whom now it would spurn.
- 那些学院中会有一个向我敞开大门的,虽然它现在踢开了我,终有它欢迎我的一天.
来自辞典例句
- 4. We can't spurn chances like we did in Copenhagen and against Celtic.
- 我们不能像在哥本哈根和哥拉斯哥那样浪费机会.
来自互联网
- 5. Scientists who spurn federal cash may do as they please.
- 对联邦政府资助不屑一顾的科学家们只要愿意,还是会照搞不误.
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