spurn是什么意思

vt. 唾弃；冷落；一脚踢开

vi. 摒弃；藐视

n. 藐视，摒弃；踢开

中文词源

spurn 拒绝，回绝

来自古英语 spurnan,踢开，词源同 spur,马刺，鞭刺。引申比喻义拒绝，回绝。

spurn (v.): Old English spurnan "to kick (away), strike against; reject, scorn, despise," from Proto-Germanic *spurnon (cognates: Old Saxon and Old High German spurnan, Old Frisian spurna, Old Norse sporna "to kick, drive away with the feet"), from PIE root *spere- "ankle" (cognates: Middle Dutch spoor "track of an animal," Greek sphyron "ankle," Latin spernere "to reject, spurn," Sanskrit sphurati "kicks," Middle Irish seir "heel"). Related: Spurned; spurning.

1. spur => *sper- 'hit with the foot, kick' => spurn.2. which originally meant literally 'hit with the foot, trip over'.

2. As an armyman, I spurn fearlessly at all danger and the enemy.: 作为一个军人, 一切危险和敌人丝毫不在我的眼下.

3. One of these colleges shall open its doors to me - shall welcome whom now it would spurn.: 那些学院中会有一个向我敞开大门的,虽然它现在踢开了我,终有它欢迎我的一天.

4. We can't spurn chances like we did in Copenhagen and against Celtic.: 我们不能像在哥本哈根和哥拉斯哥那样浪费机会.

5. Scientists who spurn federal cash may do as they please.: 对联邦政府资助不屑一顾的科学家们只要愿意,还是会照搞不误.