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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

拒绝

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jùjué

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Turn-down/ˈtɜːn.daʊn/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他收到了来自该公司的拒绝。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A polite refusal, rejection, or decline of an offer, application, or request.

    "After three job interviews, he finally received a turn-down from the company."
  2. 2

    A reduction, decline, or downward trend in economic activity or statistics.

    "The unexpected turn-down in market sales alarmed the investors."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the phrasal verb 'turn down', which originated in late Middle English elements combining the Old English 'tyrnan' (from Latin 'tornare') and 'dūne' (downward). The noun form emerged in the 19th century initially to describe physical objects that could be folded or turned downward, later expanding metaphorically to rejections and economic downturns.

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