单词 | reject |
释义 | reject —rejectable, adj. —rejecter, n. —rejective, adj. v. /ri jekt"/; n. /ree"jekt/, v.t. 1. to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job. 2. to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.). 3. to refuse to accept (someone or something); rebuff: The other children rejected him. The publisher rejected the author's latest novel. 4. to discard as useless or unsatisfactory: The mind rejects painful memories. 5. to cast out or eject; vomit. 6. to cast out or off. 7. Med. (of a human or other animal) to have an immunological reaction against (a transplanted organ or grafted tissue): If tissue types are not matched properly, a patient undergoing a transplant will reject the graft. n. 8. something rejected, as an imperfect article. [1485-95; (v.) < L rejectus, ptp. of rejicere to throw back, equiv. to re- RE- + jec-, comb. form of jacere to throw + -tus ptp. suffix] Syn. 1. See refuse1. 1, 2. deny. 3. repel, renounce. 4. eliminate, jettison. 8. second. |
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