refuse1

verb

/rɪˈfjuːz/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they refuse	/rɪˈfjuːz/ /rɪˈfjuːz/
he / she / it refuses	/rɪˈfjuːzɪz/ /rɪˈfjuːzɪz/
past simple refused	/rɪˈfjuːzd/ /rɪˈfjuːzd/
past participle refused	/rɪˈfjuːzd/ /rɪˈfjuːzd/
-ing form refusing	/rɪˈfjuːzɪŋ/ /rɪˈfjuːzɪŋ/

[intransitive, transitive] to say or show that you will not do something that somebody has asked you to do拒绝；回绝
- Go on, ask her; she can hardly refuse.去吧，去求她，她不大可能拒绝。
- refuse to do something He flatly refused to discuss the matter.他断然拒绝商讨这件事。
- She refused to accept that there was a problem.她拒不承认有问题存在。
- My brother refused to allow anyone to help him.我哥哥不允许任何人帮助他。
- She refused to comment further.她拒绝进一步置评。
- He has steadfastly refused to answer my questions.他坚决拒绝回答我的问题。
- They simply refuse to give up.他们就是不肯放弃。
- refuse something The demand for an apology was pointedly refused.让对方道歉的要求遭到了断然拒绝。
More Like This Verbs usually followed by infinitives
Verbs usually followed by infinitives
- afford
- agree
- appear
- arrange
- attempt
- beg
- choose
- consent
- decide
- expect
- fail
- happen
- hesitate
- hope
- intend
- learn
- manage
- mean
- neglect
- offer
- prepare
- pretend
- promise
- refuse
- swear
- try
- want
- wish
- Gerard refused point-blank to cooperate.杰勒德断然拒绝合作。
- He didn't dare to refuse.他不敢拒绝。
- The Court has repeatedly refused to bend on this point.法院再三拒绝在这点上予以让步。
- Workers should be entitled to refuse to work under these conditions.工人应该有权拒绝在这种环境下工作。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- absolutely
- utterly
- adamantly
- …
verb + refuse
- cannot
- can hardly
- be entitled to
- …
[transitive, intransitive] refuse (something) to say that you do not want something that has been offered to you推却；回绝
synonym turn somebody/something down
- I politely refused their invitation.我礼貌地回绝了他们的邀请。
- The job offer was simply too good to refuse.这个工作机会太好了，简直无法推掉。
- I must refuse your generous offer.我必须拒绝你的慷慨提议。
- She offered them cups of tea and it seemed churlish to refuse.她不停给他们倒茶，回绝的话又好像没礼貌。
- We invited her to the wedding but she refused.我们邀请她参加婚礼，但她推掉了。
- They made me an offer I couldn't refuse.他们提出了一个使我不好拒绝的报价。
- Two patients refused treatment.两名患者拒绝治疗。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
absolutely
utterly
adamantly
…
verb + refuse
cannot
can hardly
be entitled to
…
[transitive] to say that you will not allow something; to say that you will not give or allow somebody something that they want or need不准许；拒绝给（所需之物） synonym deny
- refuse something He refused our request for an interview.他拒绝了我们的采访请求。
- The bank refused his demand for a full refund.银行拒绝了他全额退款的要求。
- The authorities refused permission for the new housing development.当局不允许新住宅开发。
- The judge refused her application for bail.法官拒绝了她的保释申请。
- The government has refused all demands for a public inquiry.政府拒绝了所有公开调查的要求。
- refuse somebody something They refused him a visa.他们拒绝给他签证。
- The judge refused them permission to appeal.法官拒绝允许他们上诉。
- She would never refuse her kids anything.她对孩子百依百顺。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- absolutely
- utterly
- adamantly
- …
verb + refuse
- cannot
- can hardly
- be entitled to
- …
[transitive] (of a thing东西) to fail to do what you want or expect it to do拒绝；回绝
- The car refused to start.汽车怎么也发动不起来。
- The problem simply refuses to go away.这个问题就是挥之不去。
- My ear infection is refusing to heal.我的耳朵感染无法痊愈。
- Once told, these stories refuse to disappear.一旦被讲述，这些故事就不会消失。
- The stain refused to budge.污渍不肯移开。
- My legs just refused to work.我的腿就是不肯工作。
More Like This Verbs with two objects
Verbs with two objects
- bet
- bring
- build
- buy
- cost
- get
- give
- leave
- lend
- make
- offer
- owe
- pass
- pay
- play
- post
- promise
- read
- refuse
- sell
- send
- show
- sing
- take
- teach
- tell
- throw
- wish
- write

词源Middle English: from Old French refuser, probably an alteration of Latin recusare ‘to refuse’, influenced by refutare ‘refute’.

More Like This Pronunciation changes by part of speechPronunciation changes by part of speech

abuse
alternate
advocate
approximate
contract
converse
convict
decrease
delegate
discount
duplicate
estimate
export
extract
graduate
import
intimate
moderate
object
permit
present
protest
record
refund
refuse
subject
suspect
survey
torment
upgrade

refuse2

noun

/ˈrefjuːs/

[uncountable] (formal)

waste material that has been thrown away废弃物；垃圾 synonym rubbish
- domestic/household refuse生活垃圾
- the city refuse dump城市垃圾场
- refuse collection/disposal垃圾收集／处理
British/American rubbish / garbage / trash / refuse
rubbish / garbage / trash / refuse
- Rubbish is the usual word in British English for the things that you throw away because you no longer want or need them. Garbage and trash are both used in North American English. Inside the home, garbage tends to mean waste food and other wet material, while trash is paper, card and dry material.
- In British English, you put your rubbish in a dustbin in the street to be collected by the dustmen. In North American English, your garbage and trash goes in a garbage can/trashcan in the street and is collected by garbage men/collectors.
- Refuse is a formal word and is used in both British English and North American English. Refuse collector is the formal word for a dustman or garbage collector.
- People dump their refuse in the surrounding woods instead of taking it to the tip.人们把垃圾倒到附近的树林里，而不是倒在垃圾场。
- People just dump their refuse in the street.人们干脆把垃圾倒在街上。
- Refuse is collected on Fridays.周五收垃圾。
- What day do they collect the refuse?他们哪天收垃圾？
- Domestic refuse can be burnt to produce electricity.生活垃圾可以焚烧以发电。
- The local council is responsible for basic services such as refuse collection.地方议会负责垃圾收集等基本服务。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- domestic
- household
- human
- …
… of refuse
- heap
- pile
verb + refuse
- dump
- collect
refuse + noun
- collection
- disposal
- collector
- …
More Like This Pronunciation changes by part of speech
Pronunciation changes by part of speech
- abuse
- alternate
- advocate
- approximate
- contract
- converse
- convict
- decrease
- delegate
- discount
- duplicate
- estimate
- export
- extract
- graduate
- import
- intimate
- moderate
- object
- permit
- present
- protest
- record
- refund
- refuse
- subject
- suspect
- survey
- torment
- upgrade
词源late Middle English: perhaps from Old French refusé ‘refused’, past participle of refuser, probably an alteration of Latin recusare ‘to refuse’, influenced by refutare ‘refute’.