🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- didgeridoo 37
- cosily 81
- claim 365
- workhorse 34
- alma 24
- Diversity 104
- publishing 114
- expressway 45
- restraint 323
- bang 340
- festival 254
- Vessel 113
- sick 185
- Stiff 91
- Pitiful 39
- repaid 18
- Pit 61
- flameproof 100
- barrier 339
- ax 302
- bassoonist 81
- reputation 283
- observer 329
- goose 321
- crash 342
- phat 5
- inexplicable 40
- teller 55
- elemental 86
- flaccid 92
- Allow 95
- Cardiopulmonary 23
- tent 404
- colon 50
- etruscan 3
- Lullaby 102
- tumbler 52
- abstain 82
- café 348
- Respectful 9
- liquor 461
- caf 17
- hands-on 20
- antifreeze 51
- Dutch auction 29
- accumulate 327
- berkeley 6
- Prosperous 132
- acuity 57
- corner 192
- contrived 52
- connotative 18
- carouse 149
- trifling 33
- cop off with 26
- turf 70
- revolutionary 285
- differential 48
- stuff 335
- ankh 1
- crosspatch 29
- pull out 63
- cubism 60
- Guideline 122
- Reasoning 89
- bacon 62
- Fascinated 18
- coward 294
- expectancy 50
- Dreadful 39
- omit 301
- Demanded 18
- macrobiotics 2
- effort 340
- Bismarck 3
- swift 320
- dropout 51
- goalkeeper 60
- bevel 60
- aspirational 117
- euthanize 4
- humble 288
- Bribe 90
- vessel 364
- Languid 88
- cathodic 21
- exaggerate 314
- Rough 39
- amends 51
- talented 49
- engrossing 49
- exhilarate 63
- Collective 112
- modification 194
- sorrow 370
- somewhere 46
- sandy 307
- irregular 284
- bed 54
- Luxury 131
- CONCEAL 34
- manipulate 219
- friend 66
- rude 309
- misplace 112
- damocles 33
- Frightening 61
- bloodhound 39
- coppery 47
- program 359
- Inkling 62
- balancing 28
- republic 312
- Stitch 51
- sew 306
- wellness 91
- lump 345
- Sun 61
- refused 14
- naked 294
- vandalism 187
- copper 349
- license 513
- skinner 73
- dive 328
- thread 336
- equivocate 49
- screwed 16
- moonlight 3
- shotgun wedding 47
- sanctuary 123
- strike 360
- acclamation 49
- exclusively 273
- field 165
- Skirt 17
- built 41
- braid 43
- Fiddle 24
- fruit 195
- mower 2
- fortnight 264
- brainchild 80
- INTENSE 61
- candle 311
- balcony 296
- Great 51
- gaze 360
- Ghana 32
- knowledgeable 114
- deafen 110
- surmountable 29
- caesium 37
- Laden 163
- displace 86
- panties 2
- jut 112
- accident 312
- Distribution 71
- mudpack 3
- Visa 126
- transparently 44
- grate 163
- realize 410
- millennium 123
- reflection 389
- ever 118
- lip 332
- lithographer 1
- leap 315
- dry 183
- Fell 100
- First 42
- zero 61
- Spatula 57
- blank 316
- Root 86
- gravel 105
- homogeneous 116
- physics 332
- frazzled 50
- exudation 27
- terminus 116
- local 312
- maniacal 124
- script 161
- Awake 124
- decorate 325
- thing 142
- erroneously 105
- rhythmic 76
- loony 104
- Ingenuity 94
- odds 40
- look 169
- GATEd 56
- lardier 3
- saucer 293
- Noisy 60
- douchebag 24
- Absurd 117
- difficulty 330
- flagstone 60
- torment 202
- practicability 91
- amplify 291
- petunia 2
- general 323
- seemingly 118
- adjourn 194
- Scrabble 49
- Thug 46
- series 384
- i.e. 283
- religion 293
- delayer 28
- bottoming 17
- phantom 117
- dumbfounded 81
- remedy 1237
- breathtaking 107
- inclement 76
- valuation 129
- boxhead 22
- fiddle 106
- catch 165
- mood 331
- gravitas 31
- exception 379
- Typically 128
- contraction 120
- radiation 394
- Surprisingly 76
- double-barreled 39
- raunchy 48
- Encouragingly 19
- permission 343
- Linguistics 95
- meagre 26
- buggery 43
- subsistence 70
- Bond 109
- crotchet 59
- compress 291
- self-confident 39
- Heatstroke 59
- pronoun 328
- jealous 315
- sympathetic 338
- oral 343
- granite 60
- troop 290
- CONSEQUENTLY 39
- major 278
- metaphysics 112
- Menace 18
- dividing 25
- proliferation 56
- recessive 44
- cornerstone 141
- waggon 211
- procedural 16
- RIOT 151
- japing 1
- DILEMMA 43
- evolutionarily 24
- fountain 299
- Acquire 120
- inauguration 161
- intercourse 135
- arrest 382
- peers 22
- lent 88
- bust up 32
- ribbon 298
- golden jubilee 25
- court of law 31
- fluid 339
- bring in 35
- implementation 123
- retell 291
- arbitrator 33
- grave 336
- manual 362
- Sorely 92
- utter 284
- enthusiastic 326
- Book 162
- Joint 124
- publish 332
- black-tie 26
- Monarchy 65
- chantey 53
- Field 121
- apoplexy 52
- computist 3
- control 340
- harden 341
- novel 478
- birth 305
- indistinguishable 48
- anion 40
- get off 83
- acceptingly 2
- adventure playground 41
- despatch 161
- careerism 47
- veteran 304
- apology 348
- kiss 333
- Garment 33
- pop 300
- Whole 32
- engaged 192
- excitement 304
- In charge 27
- obviate 88
- belt 319
- vicious 174
- award 346
- jive 3
- mow 49
- modest 361
- astrologer 43
- distanceless 4
- fashion 350
- ajar 54
- badge 50
- weave 610
- Off-kilter 20
- ticket 134
- reluctant 306
- separation 303
- frame 335
- apiece 49
- overexpose 36
- limitation 344
- nervous 286
- coronary thrombosis 32
- Inspire 168
- hilt 36
- keeper 264
- begonia 39
- Optimistic 123
- double-cross 57
- tale 339
- international 314
- button 311
- Dictaphone 35
- mediation 147
- gram 120
- fingerprint 55
- embolden 43
- indication 418
- Errand 155
- louvre 2
- response 304
- doodle 44
- Doom 154
- bedfordshire 2
- captivated 45
- ECHO 52
- postman 309
- prospect 374
- Lazy 148
- Subtotal 80
- prize 352
- Theoretical 109
- condimental 20
- cameloid 7
- stud 242
- Sermon 122
- news 174
- distinctly 69
- Scattered 26
- proactively 88
- foil 134
- fundamental 367
- opulent 85
- root 348
- ebullient 35
- Worse 63
- rhyme 185
- resource 344
- psychiatry 178
- folk song 36
- dormitory 273
- READABILITY 62
- abate 125
- sort 332
- truly 314
- Ridiculous 101
- Rating 107
- greenroom 44
- scholar 312
- Repress 172
- Injustice 108
- laid back 35
- treachery 132
- amorphous 41
- half-truth 29
- brick 356
- Unable 66
- wayward 57
- garda 4
- stultify 41
- call in 42
- capital 388
- emergency room 40
- fabulosity 30
- mantilla 2
- sabbatical 82
- oarlock 121
- Happy 137
- throw away 20
- tiepin 28
- disorientate 192
- Secure 154
- fat 179
- nuclear 342
- organ 348
- graduate school 38
- Finite 85
- correspond 302
- prominent 327
- holdover 84
- craft 333
- boldly 85
- referred 31
- Cushion 138
- generation 335
- grapeshot 5
- wiretapping 93
- moan 349
- honor 169
- Tempt 58
- changeless 41
- Liquid 101
- dismayfully 3
- Orientation 92
- showy 17
- Pony 46
- submerge 305
- heroic 296
- intense 313
- mango 105
- anglo-saxon 31
- Utility 127
- galvanic 42
- -athon 4
- disillusion 82
- unmoved 93
- stove 316
- following 330
- Police 150
- timescale 19
- ambassador 176
- movement 374
- mutter 372
- exclusion 70
- dinner party 53
- entitle 283
- begad 1
- breasted 46
- forerunner 49
- Blindfold 46
- Museum 93
- fill in 47
- green 69
- destination 324
- girl 184
- fire department 52
- civil defence 56
- Respiratory 69
- dislikes 17
- pant 312
- sting 338
- Opaque 23
- indoors 268
- TRIVIAL 39
- bug-eyed 33
- settle 314
- spend 164
- presumably 281
- drum kit 45
- fainthearted 45
- blue jeans 27
- bathhouse 47
- do-over 30
- joyful 263
- diseasedness 2
- botulin 4
- THUS 25
- reap 303
- phillips 3
- revert 80
- outskirts 25
- mothier 3
- daughter-in-law 44
- profitability 63
refuse
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
refuses; refused; refusing
refuses; refused; refusing
Learner's definition of REFUSE
1
: to say that you will not accept (something, such as a gift or offer)拒绝，回绝（某事）
[+ object]
- He refused the job. [=he did not accept the job]他回绝了这份工作。
- I could hardly refuse [=could not refuse] the money.我无法拒收这笔钱。
- The offer was too good to refuse. [=the offer was so good that I had to accept it]这提议让我盛情难却。
[no object]
- When they offered me the money, I couldn't refuse.他们主动给我钱时，我没能拒绝。
2
: to say or show that you are not willing to do something that someone wants you to do拒绝（做某事）
[no object]
- They asked her to help but she refused.他们求她帮忙，但她拒绝了。
[+ object]
— usually followed by to + verb通常接动词不定式 - He refused to answer the question.他拒绝回答问题。
- She flatly/stubbornly/steadfastly refused to help.她断然/执拗地/坚决拒绝提供帮助。
- They refuse to accept the truth.他们不肯接受真相。
3
[+ object] : to not allow someone to have (something)拒绝给予
- They were refused [=denied] admittance to the game.他们被禁止入场观看比赛。
- They refused him a visa. [=they did not give him a visa]他们拒绝给他签证。
refused; refusing
: to withhold acceptance, compliance, or permission
refuser noun
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Verb When they offered me the money, I couldn't refuse. They asked her to help but she refused. Noun refuse had littered the playground until our volunteer group cleaned it up
Recent Examples on the Web
David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 The individual inside the room continued to refuse to leave, according to Weathers, amid negotiation attempts that lasted several hours. The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2022 For a physician to leave a patient in distress in the operating room unattended, or to refuse to return, is considered a profound breach of duty. BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 As Andrew Tobias writes, DeWine would be the second straight incumbent governor to refuse to debate. Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022 Yet Freud continued to refuse his colleagues’ entreaties to leave. Rachel Newcomb, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2022 To refuse the wishes of someone who had conferred an unquantifiable recognition on us, through the status of his own legitimacy, tore me apart. Jann S. Wenner, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2022 The vote marked the first by the Board of State Canvassers in a statewide election since the 2020 presidential contest saw allies of former President Donald Trump urge Republican members to refuse to certify the election. Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2022 My dad was once again in no position to refuse a trip to the hospital, so my mom took him there. Josh Gondelman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2022 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 12 July 2022 The refuse fee would increase by $0.50, for a new rate of $9.25 per residential unit per month. Elena Ferrarin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022 Grievances ranged from deer and mice invasions to supply chain issues for extra refuse carts to American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to a local Airbnb that has been no vacation for neighbors. Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2022 The winner of the Democratic primary is expected to face Republican Mike Paine, a longtime refuse hauler whose family’s name is emblazoned on garbage and recycling cans all across town. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2022 The contract with Republic Services includes weekly refuse, recycling and yard waste (from April to mid-November) pickups, as well as monthly bulk collections. John Benson, cleveland, 13 June 2022 The Aurora City Council is set to vote on an extension of its waste collection contract with Groot Industries Inc. for refuse, recyclables and yard waste. Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2021 Police who had conducted an eight-hour search of medical refuse at Republic Waste transfer station on Howard Avenue in Roxbury followed up with another search of the site based on the pathologist’s comments. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022 This is seventeen and one half pounds per year of ‘hard stuff,’ mingled with sand, stems, impure molasses, olive oil, chips and concentrated dirt and refuse of all kinds. Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2021 See More
Verb
The Supreme Court issued an order by Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday that allows Yeshiva University in New York to refuse to recognize an LGBTQ club for students. David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 The individual inside the room continued to refuse to leave, according to Weathers, amid negotiation attempts that lasted several hours. The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2022 For a physician to leave a patient in distress in the operating room unattended, or to refuse to return, is considered a profound breach of duty. BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 As Andrew Tobias writes, DeWine would be the second straight incumbent governor to refuse to debate. Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022 Yet Freud continued to refuse his colleagues’ entreaties to leave. Rachel Newcomb, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2022 To refuse the wishes of someone who had conferred an unquantifiable recognition on us, through the status of his own legitimacy, tore me apart. Jann S. Wenner, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2022 The vote marked the first by the Board of State Canvassers in a statewide election since the 2020 presidential contest saw allies of former President Donald Trump urge Republican members to refuse to certify the election. Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2022 My dad was once again in no position to refuse a trip to the hospital, so my mom took him there. Josh Gondelman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2022 Noun
Greig hadn’t exactly set out to run a hospice for the wretched refuse of the canine universe. Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 12 July 2022 The refuse fee would increase by $0.50, for a new rate of $9.25 per residential unit per month. Elena Ferrarin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022 Grievances ranged from deer and mice invasions to supply chain issues for extra refuse carts to American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to a local Airbnb that has been no vacation for neighbors. Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2022 The winner of the Democratic primary is expected to face Republican Mike Paine, a longtime refuse hauler whose family’s name is emblazoned on garbage and recycling cans all across town. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2022 The contract with Republic Services includes weekly refuse, recycling and yard waste (from April to mid-November) pickups, as well as monthly bulk collections. John Benson, cleveland, 13 June 2022 The Aurora City Council is set to vote on an extension of its waste collection contract with Groot Industries Inc. for refuse, recyclables and yard waste. Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2021 Police who had conducted an eight-hour search of medical refuse at Republic Waste transfer station on Howard Avenue in Roxbury followed up with another search of the site based on the pathologist’s comments. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022 This is seventeen and one half pounds per year of ‘hard stuff,’ mingled with sand, stems, impure molasses, olive oil, chips and concentrated dirt and refuse of all kinds. Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French refuser, from Vulgar Latin *refusare, perhaps blend of Latin refutare to refute and recusare to demur — more at recuse
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from refuser
First Known Use
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of refuse was in the 14th century Phrases Containing refuse
noun
verb
👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文