refuse

refuse, decline, reject, repel, deny

名词 refuse:

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

动词 refuse:

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

1. His selfishness caused him to refuse my solicitation.
   他的自私让他拒绝了我的请求。
2. I refuse to be dictated to by you.
   我不愿被你呼来唤去的。
3. I deem it proper to refuse.
   我看还是拒绝为好。
4. The council is responsible for refuse collection.
   市政局负责清除垃圾废物。
5. There is a refuse dump out of the town.
   镇外有个垃圾场。
6. I refuse to answer that question.
   我不愿回答那个问题。
7. We were refused permission to enter.
   我们被拒之门外。
8. He asked me to marry him but I refused.
   他向我求婚，但我拒绝了。

refuse

v.（动词）
re.fused,re.fus.ing,re.fus.es
v.tr.（及物动词）

To indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow:
拒绝：表示不愿意做、接受、给予或允许：
例句：
She was refused admittance. He refused treatment.
她被拒绝加入；他拒绝治疗

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

To decline to jump (an obstacle). Used of a horse.
拒绝跳跃障碍：拒绝跳越（阻碍）。用于指赛马
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To decline to do, accept, give, or allow something.
拒绝：拒绝做、接受、给予或允许某物

来源：
Middle English refusen
中古英语 refusen
from Old French refuser
源自 古法语 refuser
from Vulgar Latin *refôs3re
源自 俗拉丁语 *refôs3re
probably blend of Latin recôs3re [to refuse] * see recuse
可能混合了 拉丁语 recôs3re [拒绝] *参见 recuse
refôt3re * see refute
refôt3re *参见 refute

【引伸】
refus.er
n.（名词）
<参考词汇><同义词>refuse,decline,reject,spurn,rebuffThese verbs all mean to be unwilling to accept, consider, or receive someone or something.
这些动词都表示不愿接受、考虑或接纳某人或某物。
Refuse usually implies determination and often brusqueness:
Refuse 通常暗示决心且常带有粗鲁：
例句：
.The commander . . . refused to discuss questions of right. (George Bancroft).
.司令官拒绝讨论关于权力的问题. （乔治·班克罗夫特）。

例句：
.I`ll make him an offer he can`t refuse. (Mario Puzo).Todecline is to refuse courteously:
.我将给他一个无法拒绝的提议. （马利奥·普佐）。Decline 意为有礼貌地拒绝：

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).
.数年前我婉言谢绝入选国家文学艺术协会，现在我又必须婉言谢绝接受普利策奖. （辛克莱尔·赖维斯）。

Reject suggests the discarding of someone or something as unsatisfactory, defective, or useless;it implies categoric refusal:
Reject 表示因为不令人满意、有缺陷或无用而抛弃；它暗示无条件的拒绝：
例句：
.He again offered himself for enlistment and was again rejected. (Arthur S.M. Hutchinson).
.他再次要求应征入伍，结果再次被回绝了. （亚瑟·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:
.完全忽视你所拒绝的东西以强调你的选择。 （拉尔夫·伍尔夫·爱默森）。Spurn 指轻蔑或鄙视地拒绝：

例句：
.The more she spurns my love,/The more it grows. (Shakespeare).
.她越是轻蔑地拒绝我对她的爱，这爱便越是增长. （莎士比亚）。

Rebuff pertains to blunt, often disdainful rejection:
Rebuff 指粗鲁的且常带蔑视的拒绝：
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、得寸进尺，结果被毫不客气地回绝了. （罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森）


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n.（名词）
Items or material discarded or rejected as useless or worthless; trash or rubbish.
废物：被认为没有用或不值钱的东西或物质；垃圾

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French refus [rejection, refuse]
源自 古法语 refus [抛弃，拒绝]
from refuser [to refuse] * see refuse
源自 refuser [拒绝] *参见 refuse