reject
英 [rɪˈdʒekt]
美 [rɪˈdʒekt]
- vt. 拒绝;排斥;抵制;丢弃
- n. 被弃之物或人;次品
1. 往回扔, 扔回去。
reject 拒绝re-,向后,往回,-ject,扔,词源同 project,jet.比喻用法。
- reject (v.)
- early 15c., from Old French rejecter and directly from Latin reiectus, past participle of reiectare "throw away, cast away, vomit," frequentative of reicere "to throw back," from re- "back" (see re-) + -icere, comb. form of iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Related: Rejected; rejecting.
- reject (n.)
- 1550s, "a castaway" (rare), from reject (v.). Modern use probably a re-formation of the same word: "thing cast aside as unsatisfactory" (1893); "person considered low-quality and worthless" (1925, from use in militaries).
- 1. We reject any suggestion that the law needs amending.
- 对于任何暗示该法律需要修改的观点我们都拒绝接受。
- 2. The United States is certain to reject the proposal as a non-starter.
- 美国肯定会以无成功希望为由拒绝这项提案。
- 3. Today its executive committee voted unanimously to reject the proposals.
- 今天执行委员会投票一致否决了这些提案。
- 4. The patient'simmune system would reject the transplanted organ as a foreign object.
- 病人的免疫系统会对移植器官产生异质排斥反应。
- 5. I think the president was correct to reject the offer.
- 我认为总统拒绝这一提议是正确的。