释义 |
refuse1 /ri-fūzˈ/ transitive verb- To decline to take or accept
- To renounce
- To decline to give or grant
- (of a horse) to decline to jump over
- To fail to follow suit to (cards)
- To decline to meet in battle
- To hold back from the regular alignment in action (military)
intransitive verb To make refusal ORIGIN: Fr refuser, from L refūsum, pap of refundere, from fundere to pour; cf refund1 refusˈable /ri-/ adjective refusˈal noun - The act of refusing
- The option of taking or refusing
- A thing refused
refusenik or refusnik /ri-fūzˈnik/ noun - (see -nik) formerly, a dissident Soviet citizen, esp a Soviet Jew wishing to emigrate
- Generally, a dissident (informal)
refusˈer noun |