单词详解

1. vt.

A. 拒绝；拒受；拒给；不准 (refuse to accept)
They refused my help. 他们拒绝了我的帮助。

She refused his invitation to the birthday party. 她拒绝了他的生日聚会的邀请。

B. 拒不; 不肯, 不愿 [Y][+to-v]  (show unwillingness towards)
The car refused to start. 汽车怎么也发动不起来。
Tom refused to tell us the truth. 汤姆拒绝告诉我们事情的真相。

C. (马) 不肯跳过 (障碍物) (elude, especially in a baffling way)

His horse refused the fence. 他的马不肯跳过栅栏。

2. vi.

A. 拒绝 (show unwillingness)
It never occurred to us that you would refuse. 我们从未想到你会拒绝。

There is no reason to refuse. 没有什么可以拒绝的理由。

B. (马) 不肯越过障碍物 (elude, especially in a baffling way)

   You imagine his horse refused at that moment.  你设想一下他的马在那一刻不跳了。

3.  n.

[U] 废物；垃圾；渣滓（food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)）

Throw the refuse in the garbage can please. 请把垃圾扔进垃圾桶里。

相关词组

refuse to do sth. 拒绝做某事

The little boy refused to go to school. 这个小男孩不肯去上学。

She refused to go there with us. 她拒绝和我们一起去那里。

相关单词

近义词：decline

名词：refuser

过去式：refused

过去分词： refused

现在分词：refusing

第三人称单数：refuses

相关链接

词语辨析：refuse, decline,  deny

refuse, decline,  deny

vt. 都有“拒绝，否认”的意思。

refuse:  语气较重，指态度坚决，肯定无疑的拒绝。

decline:  指婉言谢绝他人的帮助或邀请等。

deny:  指否认（观点）。

词语详解

1. refuse: 语气较重，指态度坚决，肯定无疑的拒绝。

We asked him to come, but he refused. 我们叫他来, 可是他拒绝了。

2. decline: 指婉言谢绝他人的帮助或邀请等。

The band declined to comment on the story. 乐队拒绝对这一报道作任何评论。

3. deny: 指“否认”观点。

He denied having seen the wallet before. 他否认曾经见过这个钱包。