rebuff

1. V-T If you rebuff someone or rebuff a suggestion that they make, you refuse to do what they suggest. 拒絕

His proposals have already been rebuffed by the governor. 他的建議已被州長拒絕了。

2. N-VAR Rebuff is also a noun. 拒絕

The results of the poll dealt a humiliating rebuff to Mr. Jones. 民意測騐的結果對瓊斯先生來說是一個羞辱性的拒絕。