V-T If you rebuff someone or rebuff a suggestion that they make, you refuse to do what they suggest. 拒绝
His proposals have already been rebuffed by the governor.
他的建议已被州长拒绝了。
N-VAR Rebuff is also a noun. 拒绝
The results of the poll dealt a humiliating rebuff to Mr. Jones.
民意测验的结果对琼斯先生来说是一个羞辱性的拒绝。
In 1755 British writer Samuel Johnson published an acerbic letter to Lord Chesterfield rebuffing his patron for neglecting and declining support.
1755年，英国作家塞缪尔·约翰逊发表了一封致切斯特菲尔德勋爵的讽刺信，斥责其赞助人忽视并且拒绝支持他。
Some even predicted that Hewlett-Packard (HP), the number one computer-maker, would finally get involved, after rebuffing Sun.
更有甚者预言全球最大的电脑制造商惠普(HP)公司在拒绝Sun公司后，最终还是会加入到竟购中来。
Rebuffing offers of foreign aid does nothing to tackle a dangerously rising budget deficit.
断然拒绝外国的援助无法改善日益危险的财政赤字处境。
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