比尔认为接下来会让他当编辑的；但当他们让一名外来人员担任该职时，比尔感到自己确实遭到了冷落。 Bill assumed he was next in line for the editorship. He got a real slap in the face when they appointed an outsider.
我知道，他们过去那样冷落我们，至今仍然令人气愤，但是现在我们应该把它置之脑后，因为我们必须同这些人合作。 I know the way we were snubbed still rankles, but it's got to be put behind us now. We must cooperate with these people.
她没答覆他们的邀请藉此冷落他们。 She snubbed them by not replying to their invitation.