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rejects

UK /rɪˈdʒekts/US /rɪˈdʒekts/

词源

源自拉丁语 'reicere'(扔回),由 re-(回)和 jacere(扔)组成,15世纪通过法语 'rejeter' 进入英语。

verb

❶ 拒绝接受、考虑或同意某事或某人,通常是因为不满意或不符合标准。

“The company rejects all applications that don't meet their requirements.”

(公司拒绝所有不符合要求的申请。)

“She rejected his proposal because she wasn't ready for marriage.”

(她拒绝了他的求婚,因为她还没准备好结婚。)

❶ 指被丢弃或认为不合格的物品或人,通常因未达到标准。

“The factory sells its rejects at a discount.”

(工厂以折扣价出售不合格产品。)

“These shoes are rejects because of minor defects.”

(这些鞋子因轻微瑕疵被列为次品。)

同义词:refuses, declines, denies, excludes, discards

noun

❶ 被拒绝的人或物,特指因不符合标准而被淘汰的物品或未被接纳的个体。

“The bin was full of factory rejects.”

(垃圾桶里堆满了工厂淘汰品。)

“Social rejects often form their own communities.”

(社会边缘人群常组建自己的圈子。)

同义词:castoffs, seconds, outcasts, failures, discards

常见短语

flatly rejects — 断然拒绝,强调拒绝时态度坚决且不留余地。

“The board flatly rejected the merger proposal.”

(董事会断然否决了合并提案。)

reject pile — 指被淘汰物品的堆放处,常见于生产线或筛选流程中。

“The inspector threw the damaged goods onto the reject pile.”

(质检员将破损商品扔进了废品堆。)