refusenik

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɹɪˈfjuːznɪk/    美 /ɹəˈfjuznɪk/|/ɹi-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate (typically but not exclusively a Jewish citizen denied permission to immigrate to Israel). historical,slang
    — The refuseniki say they don’t want to change anything in the U.S.S.R., only leave it.
  2. A person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest; for example, one who refuses conscription or vaccination. broadly,informal
    — Near-synonyms: recusant, decliner, dissenter, objector, protester, defier, maverick, nonconformist, rebel, renegade

词形变化

refuseniks plural refuseniki plural

词源

From refuse + -nik (suffix denoting a nickname for a person who endorses, exemplifies, or is associated with something, often a particular ideology or preference), a calque of Russian отка́зник (otkáznik), from отка́з (otkáz, “denial, refusal, rejection, repudiation”) + -ник (-nik, suffix forming masculine nouns, usually denoting adherents, etc.).
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