[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
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
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rejector noun 语源
late Middle English: from Latin reject- 'thrown back', from the verb reicere, from re- 'back' + jacere 'to throw'