Rebuff

(noun.) a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval).

(noun.) an instance of driving away or warding off.

(verb.) reject outright and bluntly; 'She snubbed his proposal'.

手打:马吉

• NoI think I should have sneaked past in terror of a rebuff from Disappointment: my heart throbbed now as if I already heard the tramp of her approach. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Had I been obtrusive, I knew I should have encountered rebuff. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Thou hast it, De Bracy, said Front-de-Boeuf, well pleased with the rebuff which his companion had received; the Saxon hath hit thee fairly. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The pickerel doubtless attributed to the roach all this shaking, the rebuff which he had received. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• One experiment after another ended in rebuff. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Mr. Glauber went home seriously indisposed at his rebuff, took a cooling draught, and is now quite cured. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The woman's resentment of the rebuff seemed to spur her lagging ideas. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Not that Emmy, being made aware of the honest Major's passion, rebuffed him in any way, or felt displeased with him. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He knew he should have to go slowly, and the instincts of his race fitted him to suffer rebuffs and put up with delays. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Still she held up, in spite of these rebuffs, and tried to make a character for herself and conquer scandal. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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