reject
verb- reject something
to refuse to accept or consider something 拒絕接受；不予考慮 to reject an argument/a hypothesis/a notion/a plan 拒絕一個論點/假設/想法/計劃 to reject a claim/an offer/a request/an application 拒絕索賠/提議/請求/申請 The bank has the option of accepting or rejecting this offer. 銀行可以選擇接受或拒絕這個提議。 The prime minister rejected any idea of reforming the system. 首相對任何改革體制的想法都不予考慮。 The proposal was firmly rejected. 這項提議被斷然否決。 School officials flatly rejected the proposal. 校方斷然拒絕了這項提議。 All our suggestions were rejected out of hand. 我們所有的建議都被一口拒絕了。 The Government rejected calls for an inquiry. 政府拒絕了進行調查的要求。
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb1Don't just reject their suggestions out of hand. 不要立即回絕他們的提議。 He urged the committee to reject the plans. 他敦促委員會拒絕接受這些計劃。 It was a badly researched product that consumers rightly rejected. 這項産品研發不力，理所當然遭到顧客的拒絕。 She firmly rejected the suggestion that she had lied to Parliament. 她堅決否定她向議會撒謊的說法。 The paper expressly rejected charges that it had invented the story. 該報明確否認了編造此新聞報道的指控。 The paper indignantly rejected charges that it had invented the story to boost sales. 該報憤然否認了曾爲增加銷售量而編造故事的指控。 The plan was rejected on economic grounds. 這一計劃出於經濟考量而遭到摒棄。 The proposal was rejected as too costly. 由於耗資過高，該提案被否決了。 Their design was rejected in favour of one by a rival company. 他們的設計遭否決，被競爭公司的方案所取代。 Voters emphatically rejected the proposals. 投票者斷然拒絕了這些提議。 Voters narrowly rejected the plan. 投票者以微弱差距否決了這一計劃。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- decisively
- emphatically
- firmly
- …
- vote to
- be free to
- have the right to
- …
- as
- in favour/favor of
- reject something on… grounds
- reject somebody
to refuse to accept somebody for a job, position, etc. 拒收；不錄用；拒絕接納 Please reject the following candidates… 請排除以下候選人… I've been rejected by all the universities I applied to. 所有我申請的大學都沒有錄取我。 Some applicants were rejected outright. 一些申請人被斷然拒絕。 We considered offering him the job, but finally rejected him. 我們考慮過要給他這份工作，但最後還是拒絕了他。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- decisively
- emphatically
- firmly
- …
- vote to
- be free to
- have the right to
- …
- as
- in favour/favor of
- reject something on… grounds
- reject something
to decide not to use, sell, publish, etc. something because its quality is not good enough （因質量差）不用，不出售，不出版 Imperfect articles are rejected by our quality control. 我們嚴把質量關，不完美的物件都被退回。 The book was at first rejected by publishers. 這本書起初被出版商拒絕。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- decisively
- emphatically
- firmly
- …
- vote to
- be free to
- have the right to
- …
- as
- in favour/favor of
- reject something on… grounds
- reject something
(of the body 身體 to not accept a new organ after a transplant operation, by producing substances that attack the organ 排斥，排異（移植的器官） Her body has already rejected two kidneys. 她的身體已經排斥了兩個腎髒。
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessb1, Medicineb1No one knows why a foetus is not automatically rejected by the mother's immune system. 沒有人知道爲什麽母親的免疫系統不會自動排斥胎兒。 The organs are automatically rejected by the immune system. 這些器官受到免疫系統的自動排斥。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- decisively
- emphatically
- firmly
- …
- vote to
- be free to
- have the right to
- …
- as
- in favour/favor of
- reject something on… grounds
- reject somebody/something
to fail to give a person or an animal enough love or care 不夠關心；慢待 The lioness rejected the smallest cub, which died. 母獅不理會最小的幼獅，任由它死去。 When her husband left home she felt rejected and useless. 丈夫離家後，她覺得遭到了抛棄，且認爲自己一無是處。
Extra ExamplesHe was only three when his father left and I think he still feels rejected. 他父親離開時他只有三歲，我想他現在仍然有被遺棄的感覺。 She was rejected by her family and moved to another town. 她被家人拒絕，搬到了另一個城鎮。
argument/idea/plan論點；想法；計劃
somebody for job找工作者
not use/publish不用；不出版
new organ新器官
not love不愛
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin reject- ‘thrown back’, from the verb reicere, from re- ‘back’ + jacere ‘to throw’.