Refuse

[rɪ'fjuːz] or [ri'fjʊz]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) show unwillingness towards; 'he declined to join the group on a hike'.

(verb.) refuse to accept; 'He refused my offer of hospitality'.

編輯:路易斯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

(v. t.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks.

(v. t.) To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.

(v. t.) To disown.

(v. i.) To deny compliance; not to comply.

(n.) Refusal.

(n.) That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.

(a.) Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.

校對:特伦斯

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Deny, decline.[2]. Reject, repudiate.

n. Dross, scum, dregs, sediment, lees, draff, recrement, rubbish, offal, GARBAGE, scoria, waste matter.

a. Worthless, waste.

校對:威尔默

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Deny, withhold, reject, decline, repudiate

ANT:Grant, afford, yield, concede, acquiesce

SYN:Offal, scum, dregs, sediment, recrement, sweepings, trash, offscourings,debris, remains, dross

ANT:Cream, pickings, firstfruits, flower, prime

贝丝編輯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to reject: to deny as a request &c.: to disown: to fail to receive to repel: (mil.) to hold troops back from the regular alignment.—v.i. to decline acceptance: not to comply.—adj. Refū′sable capable of being refused.—ns. Refū′sal denial of anything requested: rejection: the right of taking in preference to others; Rēfū′ser.

v.t. to melt again.—n. Rēfū′sion repeated fusion or melting as of metals: restoration.

adj. refused: worthless.—n. that which is rejected or left as worthless: dross.

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