Refuse

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

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

编辑:路易斯

• Often, indeed, when pressed by Hortense to come, she would refuse, because Robert did not second, or but slightly seconded the request. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• And the lips that shall refuse to pledge me to his well-earned fame, I term false and dishonoured, and will so maintain them with my life. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• How could he refuse to answer when he had volunteered what drew forth the question? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Our legs would refuse to bear us, our knees would double up, our ankles would turn over, and we should come to the ground. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She may not refuse him twice. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I could not refuse her requeSt. Her features bore the fixed rigidity of death when I entered her room. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Tell us all about it, cried Mr. Laurence, who had been longing to lend the lovers a hand, but knew that they would refuse his help. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I have, and she has refused me, said Caliphronas sullenly. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The girl refused; and for the first time, and to the astonishment of the majestic mistress of the school. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• His excuse was that his father refused his consent. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• You know that he was once refused by McFarlane's mother? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Fulbert was told of it--told often--but refused to believe it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I have already refused him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Yes--refused, Rebecca continued, with a sad, tearful voice. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He amazed and horrified his five companions by demanding ordinary food and refusing to continue his self-mortifications. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Lydgate felt shame, but could not bear to act as if he felt it, by refusing to see Mr. Farebrother; and he went down. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I hold that by refusing to work with Mr. Bulstrode I should be turning my back on an opportunity of making my profession more generally serviceable. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• That was Mr. Ablewhite's revenge on Rachel, for refusing to marry his son! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Miss Verinder alone stopped the whole proceeding by refusing point-blank. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Supposing him to be attached to me, would my refusing to accept his hand make him wish to bestow it on his cousin? 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• He was charmed with me, for refusing His Royal Highness. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Sometimes soap refuses to form a lather and instead cakes and floats as a scum on the top of the water; this is not the fault of the soap but of the water. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• My young lady refuses to have her wardrobe examined. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She refuses, with tears, when I appeal to her to speak out for my sake. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Well, I propose to him such a marriage as any nobleman in the land might be proud of--the only thing in life I ever asked him--and he refuses me. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I fill my cup to Cedric himself, since he refuses to pledge his son's health. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Of his own free will he refuses to tell me; now, however, owing to my knowledge of his past, I can force his confidence. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He refuses to make any abatement, because his threat is, that if he fails with me, he will come to you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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