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单词 turn sth/sb down
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turn sth/sb down

phrasal verb with turn uk/tɜːn/us/tɝːn/verb

B2 to refuse an offer or request:

He offered her a trip to Australia but she turned it/him down.
He turned down the job because it involved too much travelling.

More examples

  • She turned down the opportunity to work in Paris.
  • He asked her to marry him, but she turned him down.
  • I heard that he turned down a knighthood.
  • He turned down the chance to have his own exhibition.
  • Would you turn down the chance to meet Nelson Mandela?

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Refusing & rejecting

  • abnegate
  • blow
  • bugger
  • damned
  • demur
  • derecognize
  • disclaim
  • door
  • override
  • react against sth
  • refusal
  • shoot
  • shun
  • sit
  • sit sth out
  • throw
  • veto
  • vote sth down
  • wash
  • wild horses wouldn't drag me idiom

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