1.reject的基本意思是“拒绝,抵制”,表示主观上不肯承认、接受或服从。这种拒绝有时指正面地、公开地拒绝,也可指说话者的否定或敌视的态度,可用于语言上,也可用于行动上。用作及物动词,接plan, proposal等名词或代词作宾语。
2.reject还可作“抛弃,丢掉,剔除”解,表示把无用的、不能令人满意的或无价值的东西扔掉。用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。
3.reject可用于被动结构。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
He was afraid she would reject him because he was a foreigner.他担心她会因他不是本国人而拒绝他。
The board rejected all our ideas.董事会拒绝审议我们的所有意见。
They rejected his application for membership.他们拒绝考虑他的成员资格申请。
Several publishers rejected the manuscript.几家出版商都拒绝了这份原稿。
Choose the good apples and reject the bad ones.把好的苹果挑出来,把坏的剔出去。
He rejected the old records.他丢弃了那些旧唱片。
The patient rejected the transplanted heart.病人的躯体排斥移植的心脏。
It is hard for me to reject religious beliefs.要我抛弃自己的宗教信仰是困难的。
Some people reject the idea of a mixed economy.一些人打消了发展综合经济的想法。
He rejected the idea of settling in England.他抛弃了在英国定居的想法。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
His request was rejected.他的请求遭到拒绝。
The proposal was rejected as erroneous.这个建议被认为不当而被拒绝。
He tried to join the army but was rejected because of poor health.他想参军,但因身体欠佳未被接受。
The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
If people are unkind to him he feels rejected.如果人们对他缺乏同情,他有被抛弃之感。
He was rejected from the factory.他被那家工厂辞退了。

reject, decline, refuse
参见refuse条。

reject不与invitation, permission连用。