English主要词典
reject
Universal Words
verb, noun
verb [VN]
argument / idea / plan
1 to refuse to accept or consider sth:
to reject an argument / a claim / a decision / an offer / a suggestion * The prime minister rejected any idea of reforming the system. * The proposal was firmly rejected.
sb for job
2 to refuse to accept sb for a job, position, etc:
Please reject the following candidates... * I've been rejected by all the universities I applied to.
not use / publish
3 to decide not to use, sell, publish, etc. sth because its quality is not good enough:
Imperfect articles are rejected by our quality control.
new organ
4 (of the body) to not accept a new organ after a TRANSPLANT operation, by producing substances that attack the organ:
Her body has already rejected two kidneys.
not love
5 to fail to give a person or an animal enough care or affection:
The lioness rejected the smallest cub, which died. * When her husband left home she felt rejected and useless.
rejection noun [U,C]:
Her proposal met with unanimous rejection. * a rejection letter (= a letter in which you are told, for example, that you have not been accepted for a job) * painful feelings of rejection
noun
sth that cannot be used
1 something that cannot be used or sold because there is sth wrong with it
person
2 a person who has not been accepted as a member of a team, society, etc:
one of society's rejects