Spurn ***

spurn



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輕蔑地拒絕

一腳踢開



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–verb (used with object) 

1. to reject with disdain;

scorn.  

2. to treat with contempt; despise.  

3. to kick or trample with the foot.  



–verb (used without object) 

4. to show disdain or contempt; scorn something.  



–noun 

5. disdainful rejection. 

6. contemptuous treatment. 

7. a kick.  



—Synonyms 

1. See refuse1. 6. contumely. (n.) (無禮;傲慢;侮辱;謾罵)



rebuff (斷然拒絕). Refuse, decline, reject, spurn all imply nonacceptance of something. 





　Anne Hathaway is [on] the case for "The Opposite of Love" at 20th Century Fox. Actress will star as a commitment-phobic attorney who finds her well-constructed life 



coming apart [at] the seams when she rebuffs her [ready]-for-marriage boyfriend. Tapestry Films ("Wedding Crashers") is producing.





To decline is milder and more courteous than to 



refuse, which is direct and often emphatic in expressing determination not to accept what is offered or proposed: to refuse a [bribe]; to decline an [invitation]. 



To reject is even more positive and definite than refuse: to reject a [suitor]. 



To spurn is to reject with scorn: to spurn a [bribe]. 



Spurn > Reject > Refuse > Decline



—Antonyms 

1. accept.





　

You want to give him credit for trying, for going back home and pushing his friends out into the real world. It's such a nice thought— especially the way Smith handles Randal, who's the star here in the same way Dante was in Clerks. 



[Randal] is still a pustule of lewd [ruminations], 



but he can't bear the thought of Dante [abandoning him], 



so he acts like a spurned [girlfriend], unconsciously scheming to sabotage his pal's [impending] departure. 



Twelve years on, the cutout cutup has depth and dimension.  





mayhem sabotage

Sham 



Ab[hor] 

expresses a deep-rooted [hor]ror. [Nature] abhors [a] vacuum.

[D]etest 

implies a sense of [d]isdain

despicable

Detest



cavort

does anyone remember when Brolin 

was still cavorting [around] in films like Hollow Man?

Convulsion