spurn UK [spɜ:n] US [spɝ:n] slightly formal verb transitive ■to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having 轻蔑地拒绝;摒弃•She spurned my offers of help.她断然拒绝了我的帮助。 •Ellis plays the part of the young lover spurned by his mistress.艾理斯扮演被情妇抛弃的年轻人。 |