拒絕(not willing to accept，give，grant or do sth;turn down)[I，T+n，T+to-inf，D+n+n]：～flatly/politely/gracefully 斷然/有禮貌/婉言拒絕;～one's permission/one's help/one's consent 拒不允許/幫忙/同意; ～promotion/an invitation/a gift/an offer of money/sb's works/sb's proposal 拒絕接受提升/邀請(qǐng)/禮物/錢(qián)財(cái)/某人的作品/某人的建議;～to pay taxes/to consider the proposal/to believe what I said 不肯上稅/拒絕考慮那個(gè)建議/決不相信我所說(shuō)的;The car～d to start. 汽車發(fā)動(dòng)不起來(lái)。 The horse～d to jump the wall. 那匹馬不肯躍過(guò)那道屏障?！玸b something/a loan 拒絕給某人某物/貸款;～permission to do sth/admittance 不允許某人做某事/進(jìn)入;〖同〗reject，deny;〖反〗accept，approve;
→ re′fusal n 拒絕(不);
【辨異】refuse2與deny、decline和reject的區(qū)別見(jiàn) DENY。