spurn

英 [spɜːn] 美
  • vt. 唾弃;冷落;一脚踢开
  • vi. 摒弃;藐视
  • n. 藐视,摒弃;踢开

助记提示


1. spur => *sper- 'hit with the foot, kick' => spurn.
2. which originally meant literally 'hit with the foot, trip over'.

中文词源


spurn 拒绝,回绝

来自古英语 spurnan,踢开,词源同 spur,马刺,鞭刺。引申比喻义拒绝,回绝。

英文词源


spurn (v.)
Old English spurnan "to kick (away), strike against; reject, scorn, despise," from Proto-Germanic *spurnon (cognates: Old Saxon and Old High German spurnan, Old Frisian spurna, Old Norse sporna "to kick, drive away with the feet"), from PIE root *spere- "ankle" (cognates: Middle Dutch spoor "track of an animal," Greek sphyron "ankle," Latin spernere "to reject, spurn," Sanskrit sphurati "kicks," Middle Irish seir "heel"). Related: Spurned; spurning.

双语例句


1. They spurn all our offers of help.
他们拒绝接受我们提出的一切援助.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. As an armyman, I spurn fearlessly at all danger and the enemy.
作为一个军人, 一切危险和敌人丝毫不在我的眼下.

来自辞典例句

3. One of these colleges shall open its doors to me - shall welcome whom now it would spurn.
那些学院中会有一个向我敞开大门的,虽然它现在踢开了我,终有它欢迎我的一天.

来自辞典例句

4. We can't spurn chances like we did in Copenhagen and against Celtic.
我们不能像在哥本哈根和哥拉斯哥那样浪费机会.

来自互联网

5. Scientists who spurn federal cash may do as they please.
对联邦政府资助不屑一顾的科学家们只要愿意,还是会照搞不误.

来自互联网

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