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单词 reject
释义 re·ject
I. \rə̇ˈjekt, rēˈj-\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English rejecten, from Latin rejectus, past participle of Latin reicere, rejicere, from re- + -icere, -jicere (from jacere to throw) — more at jet
1. : to refuse to acknowledge, adopt, believe, acquiesce in, receive, or submit to : decline to accept : refuse
 < considered a proposition fairly and rejected it — Willa Cather >
 < reject a diplomatic note >
 < reject a claim >
2. obsolete : to cast off (as a person) : forsake
3. : to refuse to have, use, or take for some purpose : cast or throw away as useless, unsatisfactory, or worthless : discard
 < several publishers rejected the manuscript — American Guide Series: New York >
 < memory … rejects what has not interested and impressed it — Laurence Binyon >
 < rejected by the recruiting station — O.S.J.Gogarty >
4.
 a. : to refuse to hear, receive, or admit : rebuff, repel
  < parents who reject the child — A.L.Porterfield >
  < underprivileged people feel basically rejected by society — Frank Fremont-Smith >
 b. : to refuse (a person) as lover or spouse
  < rejected by her lover — J.T.Farrell >
5. : to refuse to grant, consider, or accede to
 < the demand was at once rejected by the baronage — J.R.Green >
6.
 a. : to throw or cast back : repulse
 b. obsolete : to cut off (as a person) from something
  < the young men were … rejected from any hopes of the kingdom — William Whiston >
7. : to spew out (as from the mouth or stomach) : eject
Synonyms: see decline
II. \ˈrēˌjekt sometimes rə̇ˈj- or -rēˈj-\ noun
(-s)
: one that is or has been rejected: as
 a. : one rejected as not wanted, unsatisfactory, or not fulfilling standard requirements
  < good eggs found in the rejects by recandling — Experiment Station Record >
  < how often the deepest convictions of one generation are the rejects of the next — Learned Hand >
 b. : a partly chipped stone once started as an implement and then rejected
 c. : a person rejected as unfit for military service
  < army culls, physical or mental rejects from overseas duty — Taliaferro Boatwright >
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