音标:[spɜ:nd] ;
v. 一脚踢开, 拒绝接受( spurn的过去式和过去分词 )
v reject with contempt
s rebuffed (by a lover) without warning

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spurn的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. I spurn your offer.我拒绝你的提议。
  2. Carl had been from his childhood a ball of fortune to spurn at.自从童年时起卡尔就一直是一个被命运跑踢来踢去的球,饱经沧桑。

经典引文

  • Her very limbs seemed to ache with longing for the love of a man who had spurned her.

    出自:Baroness Orczy
  • Iceland spurned kingship..and was ruled..by a union of chieftains.

    出自:K. Crossley
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