不給對方想要的
推回去的不是一句話而是一個請求：對方伸手要，你把手收回來，於是他得不到。
deny, refuse · verb · B2
To not let someone have or do something they want or need.
不准／拒絕給予
核心畫面
Picture something being held out to you — an accusation, a request, a feeling — and you push it back with a flat no. That pushing-away is the picture inside deny. Push away a claim and you deny it is true; push away a person's request and you deny them what they want; push away your own feeling and you deny it even to yourself.
可以想成：有東西被遞到你面前，你把它推回去。可能是一項指控、一個請求，也可能是自己心裡冒出來的感覺。deny 的幾個…更多收起
可以想成：有東西被遞到你面前，你把它推回去。可能是一項指控、一個請求，也可能是自己心裡冒出來的感覺。deny 的幾個用法都在做同一個動作，只是推回去的東西不一樣：推回一句話，就是否認它是真的；推回一個人的要求，就是不給他；推回自己的情緒，就是連自己都不承認。From the picture
連自己都不承認
推回去的東西來自你自己心裡：情緒浮上來，你把它壓回去，假裝它不存在。
deny a feeling · verb · B2
To refuse to admit that you have a feeling, even to yourself.
壓抑／不承認（感受）
Also in this word
deny an accusation · verb · B2
To say that something is not true, especially something you are accused of.
否認
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
denyverb/dɪˈnaɪ/
- 1
To disallow or reject.
- I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.
- 'Do! pray do! I shall be the most miserable of men if you don't. You cannot be so cruel as to deny me a favour so easily granted and yet so highly prized!' pleaded he as ardently as if his life depended on it.
- 2
To assert that something is not true.
- to deny a rumour to deny an allegation
- I deny that I was at the party.
- 3
To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
- My father denied me a good education.
- To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.
- 4
To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
- 5
hobbieslifestylesportsTo prevent from scoring.
- Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot. Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.
- 6
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
- Jesus prophesied that by the time the cock crowed, Peter would have denied him three times.
- the falsehood of denying his opinion
- 7
obsoleteTo refuse (to do or accept something).
- if you deny to dance
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。