knockback

n. 拒绝

词形变化

knockbacks 复数 knockbacks

别名

KB knock-back

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil.

  2. 2.

    Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback.

  3. 3.

    A rejection; a refusal.

    澳大利亚 英国 非正式

    He got a few knockbacks today when he tried to give his resume out at the local shops.

    1995, Heather Hogarth, Your First Job: Getting It, Keeping It, and Going Further, MacMillan Education Australia, page 82, So you′ve had a knockback. All right, we don′t all get the first job we apply for.

词源

Deverbal from knock back.

来源：wiktionary