Tra từ reject - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

re·ject AW [reject rejects rejected rejecting] verb, noun
verb BrE [rɪˈdʒekt] ; NAmE [rɪˈdʒekt]

ARGUMENT/IDEA/PLAN
1. ~ sth 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.
•All our suggestions were rejected out of hand.

SB FOR JOB
2. ~ sb 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. ~ sth 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. ~ sth (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. ~ sb/sth 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.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin reject- ‘thrown back’, from the verb reicere, from re- ‘back’ + jacere ‘to throw’.

Thesaurus:
reject verb
1. T
•He urged the committee to reject the plans.
refuse • • turn sb/sth down • • veto • • throw sth out • |formal decline • • deny • • disallow • |written, often disapproving rebuff •
Opp: approve, Opp: accept
reject/refuse/turn down/veto/throw out/decline a proposal
reject/refuse/turn down/decline/rebuff a/an offer/request
reject/refuse/turn down/decline a/an chance/opportunity/invitation
reject/refuse/turn down/veto/decline/disallow an application
2. T
•The lioness rejected the smallest cub, which died.
disown • • turn your back on sb/sth • • disinherit • • wash your hands of sb/sth •
Opp: accept
His father/family rejected/disowned/disinherited him.
Her friends/mother rejected/disowned her.

Example Bank:
•Don't just reject their suggestions out of hand.
•He urged the committee to reject the plans.
•It was a badly researched product that consumers rightly rejected.
•No one knows why a foetus is not automatically rejected by the mother's immune system.
•She firmly rejected the suggestion that she had lied to Parliament.
•The organs are automatically rejected by the immune system.
•The paper expressly rejected charges that it had invented the story.
•The paper indignantly rejected charges that it had invented the story to boost sales.
•The plan was rejected on economic grounds.
•The proposal was rejected as too costly.
•Their design was rejected in favour of one by a rival company.
•Voters emphatically rejected the proposals.
•Voters narrowly rejected the plan.
•We considered offering him the job, but finally rejected him.
•He was only three when his father left and I think he still feels rejected.
•I've been rejected by all the colleges I applied to.
•She was rejected by her family and moved to another town.
Derived Word: ↑rejection

noun BrE [ˈriːdʒekt] ; NAmE [ˈriːdʒekt]

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

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin reject- ‘thrown back’, from the verb reicere, from re- ‘back’ + jacere ‘to throw’.