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单词 rebuff
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rebuff

verb
/rɪˈbʌf/
/rɪˈbʌf/
 (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rebuff
/rɪˈbʌf/
/rɪˈbʌf/
he / she / it rebuffs
/rɪˈbʌfs/
/rɪˈbʌfs/
past simple rebuffed
/rɪˈbʌft/
/rɪˈbʌft/
past participle rebuffed
/rɪˈbʌft/
/rɪˈbʌft/
-ing form rebuffing
/rɪˈbʌfɪŋ/
/rɪˈbʌfɪŋ/
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  1. rebuff something to refuse a friendly offer, request or suggestion in an unkind way synonym reject (1)
    • They rebuffed her request for help.
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2

rebuff

noun
/rɪˈbʌf/
/rɪˈbʌf/
 (formal)
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  1. an act of unkindly refusing a friendly offer, request or suggestion
    • Her offer of help was met with a sharp rebuff.
    Extra Examples
    • In a rebuff to the president, Congress voted against the bill.
    • My father was too proud to risk a rebuff, so he simply did not ask her.
    • She suffered a rebuff from her manager when she raised the matter.
    • The party suffered a humiliating electoral rebuff in 1945.
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • sharp
    • humiliating
    • electoral
    • …
    verb + rebuff
    • meet (something) with
    • receive
    • suffer
    • …
    preposition
    • a rebuff to
    • rebuff from
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete French rebuffer (verb), rebuffe (noun), from Italian ri- (expressing opposition) + buffo ‘a gust, puff’, of imitative origin.
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