reject

reject
verb
  1. [with obj.]dismiss as inadequate, inappropriate, or not to one's taste
    拒绝,抵制
    union negotiators rejected a 1.5 per cent pay award.
    工会的谈判代表们拒绝接受1.5%的工资增长幅度。
    these explanations of criminal behaviour have been rejected by sociologists.
    社会学家们不接受对犯罪行为的这些解释。
    ■refuse to agree to (a request)
    拒绝接受(请求),不同意
    an application to hold a pop concert at the club was rejected.
    在俱乐部举办流行音乐会的申请被拒绝了。
    ■fail to show due affection or concern for (someone); rebuff
    嫌弃,厌弃
    she didn't want him to feel he had been rejected after his sister was born.
    她不想让他在妹妹出生后感觉自己被冷落。
    ■(Medicine)show an immune response to (a transplanted organ or tissue) so that it fails to survive
    (医)排斥(移植器官或组织)
noun
  1. a person or thing dismissed as failing to meet standards or satisfy tastes
    (因不合格而)被拒绝的人;(因不合格或不受欢迎而)被拒的货品
    some of the team's rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships.
    该队一些被弃队员已在冠军赛中显示自己的能力。
    ■an item sold cheaply because of minor flaws
    次品,等外品
    [as modifier]a row of reject Royal Worcester plates.
    一摞王室伍斯特瓷盘次品。
派生
rejection
noun
rejective
adjective
  1. (rare)(罕)
rejector
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin reject- 'thrown back', from the verb reicere, from re- 'back' + jacere 'to throw'
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