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词汇 knockback
释义 knockback
noun[ C ]
(alsoknock-back)uk /ˈnɒk.bæk/ us /ˈnɑːk.bæk/
an occasion when someone refuses to go out with, accept, employ, etc. another person:
get a knockbackIf a man approaches a woman and gets a clear knockback, that should be the end of it.
Every knock-back seems to deflate her.
Some people do not handle knockbacks from nightclub bouncers very well.
Because it is anonymous, customers will not suffer the embarrassment of a face-to-face knockback.
The knock-back he got from the judges did not deter him.
Moving up the career ladder takes perseverance because there will be knock-backs.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Refusing & rejecting
abjuration
abjure
abnegate
abnegation
bar
bat something/someone away
decline
disavow
gainsay
opt
opt out
pass on
pass something up
punt on something
quit
rebel
refuse
sb wouldn't touch something/someone with a bargepole/barge poleidiom
tear
would not do something for all the tea in Chinaidiom

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