refuse to do something• We have promised to tell each other if the doctors refuse to.• A vocalminorityrefused toagree.• Steen refused toanswer any questions.• Duffy refuses to fall into the trap of spoon-feeding the material to passive students, which only increases their passivity.• I know from experience that fear can be handled if you refuse tolet it take over.• Even as the day began, rumours were rife that the band had refused to play.• Boseman was kicked out of practice on Tuesday for refusing to take a charge against hugeforward Maurice Strong.• But no party is willing to refuse to take advantage of these loopholes when the other party is doing it.• The hospital is refusing to take non-emergency patients.
refuse somebody something• Immigration authorities refused him a visa.
household/domestic refuse• This was made up of the organic residues of farms, forestry, industry and domestic refuse.• Unlikehabitationsites, they have little domestic refuse and, unlike cemetery sites, they do not normally containburials.• This aims to reduce the mountingflood of household refuse, which currently stands at 70 million tonnes a year.• Talk is of household refuse trains going back to the moth-balled Gobowen to Nanbrynmawr line - from Manchester.• As with domestic refuse, the problems of methanegasgeneration also exist when disposing of industrial waste underground.
Originrefuse1
(1300-1400)Old Frenchrefuser, from Latinrefundere“to pour back”
refuse2
(1300-1400)Old Frenchrefus, from refuser; → REFUSE1
ADJECTIVE | ... OF REFUSE | VERB + REFUSE | REFUSE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤domestic, household (both especially BrE) 家庭/生活垃圾➤human人體垃圾... OF REFUSE➤heap, pile一堆垃圾VERB + REFUSE➤dump倒垃圾◇People just dump their refuse in the street.人們乾脆把垃圾倒在街上。➤collect (especially BrE) 收垃圾◇Refuse is collected on Fridays.週五收垃圾。REFUSE + NOUN➤collection, disposal垃圾收集;垃圾處理▸➤collector (BrE) 垃圾工◇I had a part-time job as a refuse collector.我兼職做垃圾收集工作。➤dump, heap (especially NAmE) 垃圾堆refuse
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ADVERB | VERB + REFUSEADVERB➤absolutely, utterly無條件/全然拒絕▸➤adamantly, obstinately, resolutely, staunchly, steadfastly, stubbornly, vehemently堅決拒絕;頑固地拒絕;毅然拒絕;固執地拒絕▸➤categorically, flatly, point-blank, simply斷然拒絕;乾脆地拒絕◇Gerard refused point-blank to cooperate.傑勒德斷然拒絕合作。➤explicitly, pointedly明確地/直截了當地拒絕◇The demand for an apology was pointedly refused.讓對方道歉的要求遭到了斷然拒絕。➤politely客氣地回絕▸➤consistently一概回絕➤repeatedly再三拒絕◇The Court has repeatedly refused to bend on this point.法院再三拒絕在這點上予以讓步。VERB + REFUSE➤cannot不能拒絕◇They made me an offer I couldn't refuse.他們給我報了個我難以拒絕的價格。➤can hardly幾乎難以拒絕▸➤be entitled to, have the right to有權拒絕◇Workers should be entitled to refuse to work under these conditions.工人應該有權拒絕在這種環境下工作。➤be churlish to, seem churlish to (both BrE) 拒絕是/似乎是無禮的◇She offered them tea and it seemed churlish to refuse.她給他們倒茶,拒絕的話好像沒禮貌。➤dare to敢於拒絕◇He didn't dare to refuse.他不敢拒絕。➤continue to繼續拒絕
refuse ♦︎ reject ♦︎ deny ♦︎ decline ♦︎ turn sb/sth down ♦︎ veto ♦︎ throw sth out ♦︎ rebuff ♦︎ disallowThese words all mean to decide or say that you will not accept or consider sth, such as an offer, proposal or request.这些词均表示拒绝、回绝、否决。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to reject / turn down sth in favour of sth else◆to refuse / reject / decline / turn down / veto / throw out a proposal◆to refuse / reject / decline / turn down / rebuff a / an offer / request◆to refuse / reject / decline / turn down a / an chance / opportunity / invitation◆to refuse / reject / turn down / throw out / disallow an appeal◆to refuse / reject / turn down / veto / throw out a plan◆to refuse / reject / decline / turn down / veto / disallow an application◆to refuse / reject / veto / rebuff a suggestion◆to reject / veto / throw out a bill◆to refuse / deny sb access to sth◆to politely refuse / reject / decline sth■refuse [intransitive, transitive] to say that you will not do sth that sb has asked you to do, or that you do not want sth that has been offered to you; to decide not to accept or consider sth; to say that you will not give sb sth that they want or need拒绝;回绝;推却;拒绝给(所需之物)◆Go on, ask her. She can hardly refuse.去吧,去求她,她不大会拒绝的。◆She refused to accept that there was a problem.她拒不承认有问题存在。◆He flatly refused to discuss the matter.他断然拒绝商讨这件事。◆We invited her to the wedding but she refused.我们邀请她参加婚礼,但她推掉了。◆The job offer was simply too good to refuse.这个工作机会太好了,无法拒绝。◆The government has refused all demands for a public enquiry.政府拒绝了所有进行公开调查的要求。◆They refused him a visa.他们拒绝给他签证。◆She would never refuse her kids anything.她对孩子百依百顺。OPPagree ⇨ agree2, accept ⇨ take5 see also refusal ⇨ refusal■reject [transitive] to decide or say that you will not accept or consider sth; to decide not to accept sb for a job or position拒绝接受;不予考虑;不录用◆He urged the committee to reject the plans.他敦促委员会拒绝接受这些计划。◆The proposal was rejected as too costly.由于耗资过高,该提案被否决了。◆I've been rejected by all the colleges I applied to.所有我申请的大学都没有录取我。OPPapprove ⇨ agree2, accept ⇨ let sb in■deny [transitive] (formal) to refuse to allow sb to have sth that they want or need拒绝;拒绝给予(所需之物)◆They were denied access to the information.他们未获准接触那些情报。◆Access to the information was denied to them.他们未获准接触那些情报。■decline [transitive, intransitive] (formal) to say politely that you do not want to accept or do sth谢绝;婉拒◆Their spokesman declined to comment on the allegations.他们的发言人拒绝对这些指控加以评论。◆We politely declined her invitation.我们礼貌地谢绝了她的邀请。OPPaccept ⇨ take5■ˌturn sb/sth ˈdown
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to reject an offer or proposal or the person who makes it拒绝,回绝(提议、建议或提议人)◆His appeal against conviction was turned down.他上诉要求改判,被驳回了。◆He has been turned down for ten jobs so far.他迄今申请了十份工作均遭拒绝。◆He asked her to marry him but she turned him down.他请求她嫁给他,但是她回绝了。OPPtake sth up ⇨ take5■veto ˈviːtəʊ; NAmEˈviːtoʊ [transitive] to stop sth from happening or being done by using your official authority; to say that you will not accept or do what sb has suggested对⋯行使否决权;拒绝认可;拒不接受;反对◆Plans for the dam have been vetoed by the Environmental Protection Agency.修建大坝的计划已被环境保护局否决。◆I wanted to go camping but the others quickly vetoed that idea.我想去野营,但这个主意很快遭到其他人的反对。ⓘ It is usually a person in a position of authority who vetoes sth; often the decision or plan has already been agreed by other people. * veto通常指权威人士否决某事物,常为其他人已同意的决定或计划。 see also veto ⇨ bannoun■ˌthrow sth ˈout
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(threw, thrown)to decide not to accept or consider a proposal, idea or legal case, often after having a vote to decide this(常经过投票表决后)拒不接受,否决(建议、想法或法律案件等)◆The case was thrown out for lack of evidence.此案因证据不足未予立案。◆The recommendation was thrown out by an overwhelming majority.该建议以压倒性多数被否决。■rebuffrɪˈbʌf [transitive] (written, oftendisapproving) to refuse a friendly offer, request or suggestion in an unkind way粗暴回绝,生硬拒绝(善意的提议、要求或建议)◆They rebuffed her request for help.他们一口拒绝了她的请求,不给她帮助。◆The offer was immediately rebuffed by union leaders.工会领导人立刻拒绝了这一提议。■disallow ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ [transitive, often passive] to officially refuse to accept sth, often because it has not been done correctly or a rule has been broken(因不符合规定)不准许,不接受,驳回◆The second goal was disallowed.第二个进球被判无效。◆Her claim for unfair dismissal was disallowed.她提出的自己遭不公平解雇的索赔被驳回。