| 单词 | refuse |
| 释义 | refuse (once / 44 pages) 1v 2n 3v 4v To refuse is to decline, deny, reject, or resist. If a stranger offers you candy, you should politely refuse. As a noun, refuse (pronounced REF-yooss) is food waste, scraps, or garbage. As a verb, refuse (pronounced ree-FYOOZ) means to reject. If you’re mad at me, you’ll probably refuse my invitation to hang out. If your fashion sense isn't up to date, the bouncer at an exclusive nightclub might refuse entry to you. If you’re sick and you need a kidney transplant, your doctor will give you drugs to stop your body from refusing the donor kidney. WORD FAMILYrefuse: refusal, refused, refuses, refusing+/refusal: refusals USAGE EXAMPLESWith Park refusing to appear on Tuesday, the nine-justice court asked her to testify on Thursday. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The man, who was dressed in a Charlotte baggage handler’s uniform, appeared unharmed and refused medical treatment. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Baseball officials refused to confront the problem for years, then became more aggressive than other pro leagues in policing the use of illicit drugs. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v show unwillingness towards Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper decline accept, consent, go for give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down reject with contempt contract outrefuse to pay a levy to a union for political use regretdecline formally or politely repudiaterefuse to recognize or pay disobeyrefuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient rebuff, repel, snubreject outright and bluntly sit inparticipate in an act of civil disobedience counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weakendestroy property or hinder normal operations balk, baulk, jib, resistrefuse to comply react, respond show a response or a reaction to something 2v refuse to accept He refused my offer of hospitality Syn|Ant|Hypo decline, pass up, reject, turn down disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down reject with contempt accept, have, take receive willingly something given or offered have, receiveget something; come into possession of dishonor, dishonour refuse to accept bouncerefuse to accept and send back 3v refuse entrance or membership Syn|Ant reject, turn away, turn down disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down reject with contempt admit, allow in, intromit, let in allow to enter; grant entry to admitserve as a means of entrance 4v refuse to let have 2Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper deny abnegate, deny deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure allow, grant let have allow, countenance, let, permitconsent to, give permission keep back, withhold hold back; refuse to hand over or share block, freeze, immobilise, immobilizeprohibit the conversion or use of (assets) keep to oneselfwithhold information denyrefuse to grant, as of a petition or request reservehold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency immobilise, immobilizehold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital deprivekeep from having, keeping, or obtaining hold on, keep retain possession of n food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) 3Syn|Hyper food waste, garbage, scraps waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted v elude, especially in a baffling way 4Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper defy, resist apply, lend oneself be applicable to; as to an analysis apply, go for, holdbe pertinent or relevant or applicable beggar be beyond the resources of elude, escape be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by v resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ Syn|Hyper reject, resist react, respond show a response or a reaction to something |
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