refuse CET4 TEM4 ( refusing, refused, refuses )

动词读作rɪˈfjuːz。名词读作ˈrɛfjuːs且连字符添加方式为 ref+use。

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you refuse to do something, you deliberately do not do it, or you say firmly that you will not do it. 拒绝

  例：

  He refused to comment after the trial.

  该审判之后他拒绝发表评论。

  例：

  I could hardly refuse, could I?

  我很难拒绝，是不是？

• 2. 

  V-T If someone refuses you something, they do not give it to you or do not allow you to have it. 拒绝给予

  例：

  The United States has refused him a visa.

  美国当局已拒绝给予他签证。

• 3. 

  V-T If you refuse something that is offered to you, you do not accept it. 拒绝

  例：

  The patient has the right to refuse treatment.

  病人有权拒绝治疗。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT Refuse consists of the rubbish and all the things that are not wanted in a house, shop, or factory, and that are regularly thrown away; used mainly in official language. 垃圾; 废料

  例：

  The town made a weekly collection of refuse.

  该镇每周收一次垃圾。