English Dictionary

rebuff

/ɹɪˈbʌf/

verb

To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.

She decided to rebuff his advances and reject his proposal.

意味（1）

To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.

The plaque (2014) doesn't tell you that Leonard [Woolf] had initially been rebuffed. His intended proposal was refused by Virginia [Woolf to be], who then had a change of heart.