单词 | reject |
释义 | reject (once / 143 pages) 1vn 2v When you reject something, you rule it out or dismiss it. If you're trying to pick a fancy restaurant to go to for your birthday, you'll probably reject the diner you went to just yesterday. The verb reject has several shades of meaning Reject can mean to refuse to accept or agree with something. If you don't believe space aliens are living on earth, you reject the idea — you just don't believe it. Reject can also mean to turn down something with contempt. If the "cool kids" in your high school reject you, they'll ignore you in the halls and also show contempt by making fun of you behind your back. WORD FAMILYreject: rejected, rejecting, rejection, rejective, rejects+/rejection: rejections USAGE EXAMPLESPark was impeached by parliament early last year, a decision that must be upheld or rejected by the Constitutional Court. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) That’s different than four years ago when the village board rejected a similar plan. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Rejecting wooden skis, he was the first skier to win an Olympic gold on metal skis. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v refuse to accept or acknowledge I reject the idea of starting a war The journal rejected the student's paper Ant|Hypo|Hyper accept consider or hold as true acceptreact favorably to; consider right and proper disbelieve, discredit reject as false; refuse to accept repudiaterefuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid recusechallenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law reprobatereject (documents) as invalid disown, renounce, repudiatecast off brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push asidebar from attention or consideration cold-shoulder, slightpay no attention to, disrespect doubtconsider unlikely or have doubts about discreditcause to be distrusted or disbelieved distrust, mistrust, suspectregard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in shrug offminimize the importance of, brush aside apostatise, apostatize, tergiversateabandon one's beliefs or allegiances abjure, forswear, recant, resile, retractformally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure swallow, take back, unsay, withdrawtake back what one has said pass offdisregard flout, scofftreat with contemptuous disregard turn a blind eyerefuse to acknowledge laugh away, laugh offdeal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it rebut, refuteoverthrow by argument, evidence, or proof denyrefuse to accept or believe disobligeignore someone's wishes evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of 2v deem wrong or inappropriate Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper disapprove O.K., approve, okay, sanction give sanction to object express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent deprecateexpress strong disapproval of; deplore deter, discouragetry to prevent; show opposition to demur, excepttake exception to challenge, take exceptionraise a formal objection in a court of law carp, cavil, chicaneraise trivial objections mindbe offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by remonstrateargue in protest or opposition make a stink, raise a stink, raise helltake strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of 3v refuse to accept Syn|Ant|Hypo decline, pass up, refuse, turn down disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, scorn, spurn, turn down reject with contempt accept, have, take receive willingly something given or offered have, receiveget something; come into possession of dishonor, dishonour refuse to accept bouncerefuse to accept and send back 4v refuse entrance or membership Black people were often rejected by country clubs Syn|Ant refuse, turn away, turn down disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, scorn, spurn, turn down reject with contempt admit, allow in, intromit, let in allow to enter; grant entry to admitserve as a means of entrance 5v dismiss from consideration or a contest Syn eliminate, rule out, winnow out 6v reject with contempt Syn|Hypo|Hyper disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, scorn, spurn, turn down decline, pass up, refuse, turn down refuse to accept refuse, turn away, turn downrefuse entrance or membership rebuff, repel, snub reject outright and bluntly decline, refuse show unwillingness towards 7n the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality 2Syn|Hyper cull deciding, decision making the cognitive process of reaching a decision v resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ His body rejected the liver of the donor Syn|Hyper refuse, resist react, respond show a response or a reaction to something |
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