| 单词 | reject |
| 释义 | reject Word forms: rejects, rejecting , rejected pronunciation note: The verb is pronounced (rɪdʒekt ). The noun is pronounced (riːdʒekt ). 1. verb B2 If you reject something such as a proposal, a request, or an offer, you do not accept it or you do not agree to it. The British government is expected to reject the idea of state subsidy for a new high speed railway. [VERB noun] Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript before Jenks saw its potential. Synonyms: discard, decline, eliminate, scrap rejection (rɪdʒekʃən )Word forms: rejections variable noun The rejection of such initiatives indicates that voters are unconcerned about the environment. [+ of] Synonyms: refusal, turning down, declining, dismissal 2. verb B2 If you reject a belief or a political system, you refuse to believe in it or to live by its rules. ...the children of Eastern European immigrants who had rejected their parents' political and religious beliefs. [VERB noun] rejection variable noun ...his rejection of our values. [+ of] Synonyms: refusal, turning down, declining, dismissal Synonyms: denial, veto, dismissal, exclusion 3. verb B2 If someone is rejected for a job or course of study, it is not offered to them. One of my most able students was rejected by another university. [be VERB-ed] rejection countable noun Be prepared for lots of rejections before you land a job. Synonyms: refusal, turning down, declining, dismissal 4. verb B2 If someone rejects another person who expects affection from them, they are cold and unfriendly towards them. You make friends with people and then make unreasonable demands so that they reject you. [VERB noun] ...people who had been rejected by their lovers. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: rebuff, drop, jilt, desert rejection variable noun These feelings of rejection and hurt remain. Synonyms: refusal, turning down, declining, dismissal Synonyms: rebuff, refusal, knock-back [slang], kick in the teeth [slang] 5. verb If a person's body rejects something such as a new heart that has been transplanted into it, it tries to attack and destroy it. It was feared his body was rejecting a kidney he received in a transplant four years ago. [VERB noun] rejection variable noun ...a special drug which stops rejection of transplanted organs. [+ of] Synonyms: refusal, turning down, declining, dismissal 6. verb If a machine rejects a coin that you put in it, the coin comes out and the machine does not work. 7. countable noun A reject is a product that has not been accepted for use or sale, because there is something wrong with it. Idioms: reject something out of hand to reject an idea or suggestion without hesitating and without discussing it first He has rejected out of hand any suggestion that there can be any compromise over the proposals. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: reject a candidate He can reject a candidate or ask the commission to reconsider. Times, Sunday Times A decision to reject a candidate for tenure normally requires that the individual leave the institution within a year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More than a third admitted that they had rejected a candidate on the basis of unverified information that they found on the net. Times, Sunday Times Sixty nine per cent have admitted rejecting a candidate based on something they saw. Times, Sunday Times When pollsters tried telling them that there was no authority that could give them an objective view, voters would angrily reject the suggestion. Times, Sunday Times If he's angry and distancing himself from you, it's not just because you reject his suggestion. The Sun The researchers themselves reject any suggestion that they want to grow whole brains. Times, Sunday Times We reject any suggestion to the contrary. Times, Sunday Times I reject any suggestion that there was any memorable tune, as the song was presented to me. Times, Sunday Times Other scholars reject this theory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most archaeologists reject this theory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The idea of sunstones as a navigational aid was first raised in the 1960s, but historians rejected the theory because of a lack of archaeological evidence. Times, Sunday Times In all, nearly 30 per cent of respondents either didn't know or even rejected the theory of evolution when applied to humans. Times, Sunday Times He rejects the theory that homes on golf developments will rent well to golfers. Times, Sunday Times It was something every artist had to either embrace and elaborate on, or to reject entirely. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But her theory was either accepted with absolute enthusiasm or rejected entirely. Times, Sunday Times Some of the requests were rejected entirely. The Sun There are now those who are beginning to find expressive beauty in a music that was at first rejected entirely. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, every critic read another message beneath the story of one man's fight to reject violence, even in the midst of war. Times, Sunday Times They need better education to reject violence. The Sun Although his party rejects violence, he claims, the rank and file are hard to control. Times, Sunday Times Rejecting violence, this group prepared for the social world of which they dreamed, by much discussion, wrote inflammatory texts, festooned the streets with posters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No philosophical program of rejecting violence between states, or rejecting all forms of violence, seems to have existed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 拒绝, 不合格品 Japanese: 拒否する, 不良品 |
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