refuse, decline, reject, repel, deny

名詞 refuse:

1. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
   同義詞：garbage, food waste, scraps

動詞 refuse:

1. show unwillingness towards
   同義詞：decline
2. refuse to accept
   同義詞：reject, pass up, turn down, decline
3. elude, especially in a baffling way
   同義詞：defy, resist
4. refuse to let have
   同義詞：deny
5. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
   同義詞：resist, reject
6. refuse entrance or membership
   同義詞：reject, turn down, turn away

1. His selfishness caused him to refuse my solicitation.
   他的自私讓他拒絕了我的請求。
2. I refuse to be dictated to by you.
   我不愿被你呼來喚去的。
3. I deem it proper to refuse.
   我看還是拒絕為好。
4. The council is responsible for refuse collection.
   市政局負(fù)責(zé)清除垃圾廢物。
5. There is a refuse dump out of the town.
   鎮(zhèn)外有個垃圾場。
6. I refuse to answer that question.
   我不愿回答那個問題。
7. We were refused permission to enter.
   我們被拒之門外。
8. He asked me to marry him but I refused.
   他向我求婚，但我拒絕了。

refuse

v.（動詞）
re.fused,re.fus.ing,re.fus.es
v.tr.（及物動詞）

To indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow:
拒絕：表示不愿意做、接受、給予或允許：
例句：
She was refused admittance. He refused treatment.
她被拒絕加入；他拒絕治療

To indicate unwillingness (to do something):
不愿：表示不情愿（做某事）：
例句：
refused to leave.
不愿離開

To decline to jump (an obstacle). Used of a horse.
拒絕跳躍障礙：拒絕跳越（阻礙）。用于指賽馬
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To decline to do, accept, give, or allow something.
拒絕：拒絕做、接受、給予或允許某物

來源：
Middle English refusen
中古英語 refusen
from Old French refuser
源自 古法語 refuser
from Vulgar Latin *refôs3re
源自 俗拉丁語 *refôs3re
probably blend of Latin recôs3re [to refuse] * see recuse
可能混合了 拉丁語 recôs3re [拒絕] *參見 recuse
refôt3re * see refute
refôt3re *參見 refute

【引伸】
refus.er
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>refuse,decline,reject,spurn,rebuffThese verbs all mean to be unwilling to accept, consider, or receive someone or something.
這些動詞都表示不愿接受、考慮或接納某人或某物。
Refuse usually implies determination and often brusqueness:
Refuse 通常暗示決心且常帶有粗魯：
例句：
.The commander . . . refused to discuss questions of right. (George Bancroft).
.司令官拒絕討論關(guān)于權(quán)力的問題. （喬治·班克羅夫特）。

例句：
.I`ll make him an offer he can`t refuse. (Mario Puzo).Todecline is to refuse courteously:
.我將給他一個無法拒絕的提議. （馬利奧·普佐）。Decline 意為有禮貌地拒絕：

例句：
.I declined election to the National Institute of Arts and Letters some years ago, and now I must decline the Pulitzer Prize. (Sinclair Lewis).
.數(shù)年前我婉言謝絕入選國家文學(xué)藝術(shù)協(xié)會，現(xiàn)在我又必須婉言謝絕接受普利策獎. （辛克萊爾·賴維斯）。

Reject suggests the discarding of someone or something as unsatisfactory, defective, or useless;it implies categoric refusal:
Reject 表示因為不令人滿意、有缺陷或無用而拋棄；它暗示無條件的拒絕：
例句：
.He again offered himself for enlistment and was again rejected. (Arthur S.M. Hutchinson).
.他再次要求應(yīng)征入伍，結(jié)果再次被回絕了. （亞瑟·S.M.霍金森）。

例句：
.Emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject. (Ralph Waldo Emerson).Tospurn is to reject scornfully or contemptuously:
.完全忽視你所拒絕的東西以強(qiáng)調(diào)你的選擇。 （拉爾夫·伍爾夫·愛默森）。Spurn 指輕蔑或鄙視地拒絕：

例句：
.The more she spurns my love,/The more it grows. (Shakespeare).
.她越是輕蔑地拒絕我對她的愛，這愛便越是增長. （莎士比亞）。

Rebuff pertains to blunt, often disdainful rejection:
Rebuff 指粗魯?shù)那页镆暤木芙^：
例句：
.He had . . . forgotten himself, had gone too far in his advances, and had been rebuffed. (Robert Louis Stevenson).
.他得意忘形、得寸進(jìn)尺，結(jié)果被毫不客氣地回絕了. （羅伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森）


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refuse
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n.（名詞）
Items or material discarded or rejected as useless or worthless; trash or rubbish.
廢物：被認(rèn)為沒有用或不值錢的東西或物質(zhì)；垃圾

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French refus [rejection, refuse]
源自 古法語 refus [拋棄，拒絕]
from refuser [to refuse] * see refuse
源自 refuser [拒絕] *參見 refuse