单词 | refuse¹ |
释义 | re·fuse¹ /rɪ`fjuz; rɪˈfjuːz/v 1. [i,t] to say firmly that you will not do or accept something 拒绝,不接受:◇i asked her to marry me, but she refused. 我向她求婚,但她拒绝了。◇refuse to do sth cindy refuses to go to school. 仙迪拒绝去上学。 2. [t] to not give or allow someone something that they want 拒绝[给某人以某物]; 不允许[某人做某事]:◇refuse sb sth we were refused permission to enter the country. 我们被拒绝进入该国。usage note 用法说明: reject, turn down, refuse, and 和 declineall these words mean 'to not accept something'. if you reject something or someone, you say firmly that you will not accept an offer, a suggestion, someone's friendship etc. 这些词都表示“不接受某事物”。如果你 reject(拒绝)某物或某人,你坚决地表示不接受一个提议、建议或某人的友谊等:◇they have until december 19 to accept or reject the proposal. 到 12 月 19日那天,他们必须接受或拒绝这个建议。◇kieran's book got rejected by every publisher. 基兰的书被所有的出版商拒绝了。turn down is a slightly less formal word for reject. turn down(拒绝)的正式程度比 reject 稍微轻一些:◇you'd be stupid to turn down such a good job offer. 你拒绝一个这么好的工作机会就太傻了。if you refuse something, you say no, although someone very much wants you to accept it. 如果你 refuse(拒绝)某物,表示尽管有人很想让你接受,你却不接受:◇peggy refused all offers of help. 佩姬拒绝了所有提供的帮助。if you decline an offer, you say politely that you cannot or will not accept it. 如果你 decline(拒绝)一个提议,你礼貌地表示不能或不愿接受:◇i'm sorry, but i'll have to decline the invitation. 很抱歉,但是我不得不拒绝这个邀请。 |
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