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R0134000 (rĭ-jĕkt′)tr.v. re·ject·ed, re·ject·ing, re·jects 1. a. To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of: He rejected their version of what happened. The store rejected the merchandise because it was damaged. See Synonyms at refuse¹.b. To refuse to consider or grant; deny: The manager rejected all requests for time off. The college rejected the student's application.2. a. To turn down (an applicant, as for a job); refuse to accept.b. To refuse to accept (someone) as a lover, spouse, or friend; rebuff.c. To refuse to give sufficient parental affection or care to (a child or young animal).3. To spit out or vomit: The baby rejected the medicine.4. Medicine To react to the introduction of (a transplanted organ or tissue) with a destructive immune response; fail to accept as part of one's own body.n. (rē′jĕkt)1. One that has been rejected: a reject from the varsity team; a tire that is a reject.2. Slang A foolish or socially inept person.

[Middle English rejecten, from Latin rēicere, rēiect- : re-, re- + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.]

re·ject′er, re·jec′tor n.re·jec′tion (-jĕk′shən) adj.re·jec′tive adj.

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vb (tr) 1. to refuse to accept, acknowledge, use, believe, etc2. to throw out as useless or worthless; discard3. to rebuff (a person)4. (Medicine) (of an organism) to fail to accept (a foreign tissue graft or organ transplant) because of immunological incompatibility n something rejected as imperfect, unsatisfactory, or useless [C15: from Latin rēicere to throw back, from re- + jacere to hurl] reˈjectable adj reˈjecter, reˈjector n reˈjection n reˈjective adj

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(v. rɪˈdʒɛkt; n. ˈri dʒɛkt)

v.t. 1. to refuse to have, take, use, recognize, etc.: to reject a job offer. 2. to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.); deny. 3. to refuse to accept or admit; rebuff: The other children rejected him. 4. to discard as useless or unsatisfactory. 5. to eject; vomit. 6. to cast out or off. 7. to have an immunological reaction against (a transplanted organ or grafted tissue). n. 8. something or someone that is rejected, as an imperfect or unwanted article. [1485–95; (v.) < Latin rējectus, past participle of rējicere to throw back =re- re- + -jicere, comb. form of jacere to throw] re•ject′er, n. re•jec′tion, n. re•jec′tive, adj. syn: See refuse¹.

reject

discard - First meant "throw out or reject a card from a hand."
eighty-six - "Reject, discard"—may be rhyming slang for "nix."
quash - From Latin quatere, "shake," it generally means "reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure," or "put an end to; suppress."
reprove - To reject or express disapproval of something.

reject

Past participle: rejected
Gerund: rejecting

Imperative
reject
reject

Present
I reject
you reject
he/she/it rejects
we reject
you reject
they reject

Preterite
I rejected
you rejected
he/she/it rejected
we rejected
you rejected
they rejected

Present Continuous
I am rejecting
you are rejecting
he/she/it is rejecting
we are rejecting
you are rejecting
they are rejecting

Present Perfect
I have rejected
you have rejected
he/she/it has rejected
we have rejected
you have rejected
they have rejected

Past Continuous
I was rejecting
you were rejecting
he/she/it was rejecting
we were rejecting
you were rejecting
they were rejecting

Past Perfect
I had rejected
you had rejected
he/she/it had rejected
we had rejected
you had rejected
they had rejected

Future
I will reject
you will reject
he/she/it will reject
we will reject
you will reject
they will reject

Future Perfect
I will have rejected
you will have rejected
he/she/it will have rejected
we will have rejected
you will have rejected
they will have rejected

Future Continuous
I will be rejecting
you will be rejecting
he/she/it will be rejecting
we will be rejecting
you will be rejecting
they will be rejecting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rejecting
you have been rejecting
he/she/it has been rejecting
we have been rejecting
you have been rejecting
they have been rejecting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rejecting
you will have been rejecting
he/she/it will have been rejecting
we will have been rejecting
you will have been rejecting
they will have been rejecting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rejecting
you had been rejecting
he/she/it had been rejecting
we had been rejecting
you had been rejecting
they had been rejecting

Conditional
I would reject
you would reject
he/she/it would reject
we would reject
you would reject
they would reject

Past Conditional
I would have rejected
you would have rejected
he/she/it would have rejected
we would have rejected
you would have rejected
they would have rejected

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	reject - the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in qualityculldeciding, decision making - the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"
Verb	1.	reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"disbelieve, discredit - reject as false; refuse to acceptrepudiate - refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"recuse - challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil lawreprobate - reject (documents) as invalidrepudiate, disown, renounce - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside - bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
	2.	reject - refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"pass up, turn down, decline, refusefreeze off, spurn, pooh-pooh, disdain, scorn, turn down, reject - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"dishonor, dishonour - refuse to accept; "dishonor checks and drafts"bounce - refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a check"
	3.	reject - deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"disapprovepass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"object - express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license"deprecate - express strong disapproval of; deploredeter, discourage - try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"
	4.	reject - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"freeze off, spurn, pooh-pooh, scorn, disdain, turn downrefuse, decline - show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"rebuff, snub, repel - reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"pass up, turn down, decline, refuse, reject - refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"turn down, turn away, refuse, reject - refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
	5.	reject - resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"refuse, resistreact, respond - show a response or a reaction to something
	6.	reject - refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"turn down, turn away, refusefreeze off, spurn, pooh-pooh, disdain, scorn, turn down, reject - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"allow in, intromit, let in, admit - allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air"
	7.	reject - dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"winnow out, rule out, eliminate

reject

verb1. rebuff, drop, jilt, desert, turn down, ditch (slang), break with, spurn, refuse, say no to, repulse, throw over people who have been rejected by their lovers
rebuff accept2. deny, decline, abandon, exclude, veto, discard, relinquish, renounce, spurn, eschew, leave off, throw off, disallow, forsake, retract, repudiate, cast off, disown, forgo, disclaim, forswear, swear off, wash your hands of They are rejecting the values on which Thatcherism was built.
deny allow, agree, accept, approve, permit3. discard, decline, eliminate, scrap, bin, jettison, cast aside, throw away or out Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript.
discard receive, accept, selectnoun1. castoff, second, discard, flotsam, clunker (informal) a hat that looks like a reject from an army patrol
castoff prize, treasure2. failure, has-been, loser, flop, also-ran, dud, dropout, non-starter, saddo (Brit. slang), castoff I'm an outsider, a reject, a social failure. a reject of Real Madrid

reject

verb1. To be unwilling to accept, consider, or receive:decline, dismiss, refuse, spurn, turn down.Slang: nix.Idiom: turn thumbs down on.2. To refuse to recognize or acknowledge:deny, disacknowledge, disavow, disclaim, disown, renounce, repudiate.Idiom: turn one's back on.

Translations

拒绝次品废品

reject

(rəˈdʒekt) verb to refuse to accept. She rejected his offer of help; He asked her to marry him, but she rejected him.拒绝 (ˈriːdʒekt) noun something that is rejected because it is faulty etc. 次品，废品 reˈjection (-ʃən) noun (an) act of rejecting. 拒绝

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meals rejected by Ethiopians

A false, humorous expansion of the initialism MRE, which actually stands for "meal ready to eat," a (typically military) food ration pack that requires no further preparation. The joke is that the food is so unpleasant that even someone who is starving would reject it. The association of Ethiopians with starvation could be considered offensive. After 12 long months eating meals rejected by Ethiopians, I'm ready to get back to home-cooked meals.See also: by, meal, reject

meals rejected by the enemy

A false, humorous expansion of the initialism MRE, which actually stands for "meal ready to eat" (a military ration pack that requires no further preparation). The joke is that the food is so unpleasant that it had been discarded by the enemy before being repackaged for one's own consumption. After 12 long months eating meals rejected by the enemy, I'm ready to get back to home-cooked meals in my own home.See also: by, enemy, meal, reject

reject (someone or something) out of hand

1. To dismiss, deny, or refuse someone or something immediately and without due discussion or consideration. She's so stubborn that she just rejected my suggestion out of hand. We'd like to try some alternative treatments. They're a bit unconventional, but please don't reject them out of hand. The company rejected me out of hand because I didn't have any prior experience as a baker.2. To refuse to accept someone as a friend, relative, or loved one without due discussion or consideration. My grandmother rejected me out of hand when I came out as gay. If someone rejects you out of hand as their friend just because of what you believe in, then that person wasn't a real friend to begin with.See also: hand, of, out, reject

reject someone or something out of hand

to reject someone or something without any thought or study. Fred is so contrary that they rejected him out of hand when his name came up for a committee position.See also: hand, of, out, reject

meals rejected by Ethiopians

n. military rations, MRE = meal ready to eat. (Cruelly designated at a time when Ethiopians where starving to death. Implying that not even starving humans would eat MREs. That said, it is also known that such rations have been rejected by hungry people who desire more familiar food.) The reporter was embarrassed to describe the MREs as “meals rejected by Ethiopians.” See also: by, meal, reject

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verb rebuff

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verb discard

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noun castoff

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noun failure

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verb to be unwilling to accept, consider, or receive

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verb to refuse to recognize or acknowledge

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noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

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verb refuse to accept or acknowledge

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verb refuse to accept

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verb deem wrong or inappropriate

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verb reject with contempt

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verb resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

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verb refuse entrance or membership

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verb dismiss from consideration or a contest

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