喜樂美語

這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 refuse to do something · rubbish/waste

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refuse

v

唸法不同同樣的拼法，這個字的唸法跟另一個不一樣。/rɪˈfjuːz/

核心畫面

You can picture someone planting their feet and saying a firm 'no' — pushing back against what is being asked, offered, or wanted. The verb refuse (rə-FUSE) is all about that act of turning something down.

可以想成一個人站定、堅定地說「不」——把別人要求的、給的、或想要的東西推回去。動詞 refuse（讀 rə-FUSE…更多收起可以想成一個人站定、堅定地說「不」——把別人要求的、給的、或想要的東西推回去。動詞 refuse（讀 rə-FUSE，重音在後）的核心畫面比較像這個「拒絕、不接受」的動作。注意這個動詞和當「垃圾」講的名詞 refuse 只是拼法剛好一樣，讀音和來歷都不同，是兩個不同的字。

A second word, same spelling

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refuse

n

唸法不同同樣的拼法，這個字的唸法跟另一個不一樣。/ˈrefjuːs/

核心畫面

You can picture the pile of stuff people throw out — rubbish, waste, what's left over once the wanted things are taken away. The noun refuse (REF-yoos) names that thrown-away matter.

可以想成人們丟掉的那一堆東西——垃圾、廢棄物，就是把想要的留下後剩下、不要的部分。名詞 refuse（讀 REF-y…更多收起可以想成人們丟掉的那一堆東西——垃圾、廢棄物，就是把想要的留下後剩下、不要的部分。名詞 refuse（讀 REF-yoos，重音在前）指的就是這些被丟棄的東西。它和當「拒絕」講的動詞 refuse 只是拼法相同，讀音和意思都不一樣，是另一個字。

原始詞典資料9 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。

refuseadj詞源 1/ˈɹɛfjuːs/

  • 1

    Discarded, rejected.

refusenoun詞源 1/ˈɹɛfjuːs/

  • 1

    Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.

refuseverb詞源 2/ɹɪˈfjuːz/

  • 1

    To decline (a request or demand).

    • My request for a pay rise was refused.
    • After the death of his [Verney's] first wife, he proposed to Florence Nightingale but she refused him. Later he married her sister, and for many years Claydon was Miss Nightingale's second home.
  • 2

    To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.

    • I refuse to listen to this nonsense any more.
    • I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused.
  • 3

    To withhold (something) from (someone); to not give it to them or to bar them from having it.

    • If we bang or scream they will spray us with some pepper or something else that's in an aeresol ^([sic]) can, and they wear gas masks, while the rest of us have to breathe the fumes in, and it makes us very sick and they refuse us medical treatment.
  • 4

    governmentmilitarypoliticsTo throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.

    • to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks
  • 5

    obsoleteTo disown.

    • Refuse thy name.

refusenoun詞源 2/ɹɪˈfjuːz/

  • 1

    obsoleterefusal

    • This ſpoken, readie with a proud refuſe [...]

refuseverb詞源 3/ɹiːˈfjuːz/

  • 1

    To fuse again, as with, or after, heating or melting.

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。