reject
verb- reject something
to refuse to accept or consider something 拒绝接受；不予考虑 to reject an argument/a hypothesis/a notion/a plan 拒绝一个论点/假设/想法/计划 to reject a claim/an offer/a request/an application 拒绝索赔/提议/请求/申请 The bank has the option of accepting or rejecting this offer. 银行可以选择接受或拒绝这个提议。 The prime minister rejected any idea of reforming the system. 首相对任何改革体制的想法都不予考虑。 The proposal was firmly rejected. 这项提议被断然否决。 School officials flatly rejected the proposal. 校方断然拒绝了这项提议。 All our suggestions were rejected out of hand. 我们所有的建议都被一口拒绝了。 The Government rejected calls for an inquiry. 政府拒绝了进行调查的要求。
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb1Don't just reject their suggestions out of hand. 不要立即回绝他们的提议。 He urged the committee to reject the plans. 他敦促委员会拒绝接受这些计划。 It was a badly researched product that consumers rightly rejected. 这项产品研发不力，理所当然遭到顾客的拒绝。 She firmly rejected the suggestion that she had lied to Parliament. 她坚决否定她向议会撒谎的说法。 The paper expressly rejected charges that it had invented the story. 该报明确否认了编造此新闻报道的指控。 The paper indignantly rejected charges that it had invented the story to boost sales. 该报愤然否认了曾为增加销售量而编造故事的指控。 The plan was rejected on economic grounds. 这一计划出于经济考量而遭到摒弃。 The proposal was rejected as too costly. 由于耗资过高，该提案被否决了。 Their design was rejected in favour of one by a rival company. 他们的设计遭否决，被竞争公司的方案所取代。 Voters emphatically rejected the proposals. 投票者断然拒绝了这些提议。 Voters narrowly rejected the plan. 投票者以微弱差距否决了这一计划。
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；不录用；拒绝接纳 Please reject the following candidates… 请排除以下候选人… I've been rejected by all the universities I applied to. 所有我申请的大学都没有录取我。 Some applicants were rejected outright. 一些申请人被断然拒绝。 We considered offering him the job, but finally rejected him. 我们考虑过要给他这份工作，但最后还是拒绝了他。
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 （因质量差）不用，不出售，不出版 Imperfect articles are rejected by our quality control. 我们严把质量关，不完美的物件都被退回。 The book was at first rejected by publishers. 这本书起初被出版商拒绝。
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 身体 to not accept a new organ after a transplant operation, by producing substances that attack the organ 排斥，排异（移植的器官） Her body has already rejected two kidneys. 她的身体已经排斥了两个肾脏。
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessb1, Medicineb1No one knows why a foetus is not automatically rejected by the mother's immune system. 没有人知道为什么母亲的免疫系统不会自动排斥胎儿。 The organs are automatically rejected by the immune system. 这些器官受到免疫系统的自动排斥。
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 不够关心；慢待 The lioness rejected the smallest cub, which died. 母狮不理会最小的幼狮，任由它死去。 When her husband left home she felt rejected and useless. 丈夫离家后，她觉得遭到了抛弃，且认为自己一无是处。
Extra ExamplesHe was only three when his father left and I think he still feels rejected. 他父亲离开时他只有三岁，我想他现在仍然有被遗弃的感觉。 She was rejected by her family and moved to another town. 她被家人拒绝，搬到了另一个城镇。
argument/idea/plan论点；想法；计划
somebody for job找工作者
not use/publish不用；不出版
new organ新器官
not love不爱
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin reject- ‘thrown back’, from the verb reicere, from re- ‘back’ + jacere ‘to throw’.