Tra từ refuse - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be refused bail
▪ Relatively few defendants are refused bail.
be refused membership (=not be accepted as a member)
▪ She was refused membership of the club because she was a woman.
categorically deny/refuse etc sth
▪ He has categorically denied his guilt all along.
refuse disposalformal (also rubbish disposal British English garbage disposal American English) (= getting rid of things people throw out of houses, shops etc)
▪ Refuse disposal is the responsibility of county councils.
refuse sb credit
▪ You may be refused credit if you have a bad financial record.
refuse to admit sth
▪ He refused to admit that it was his fault.
refuse to co-operate
▪ If you refuse to co-operate, I’ll kill you.
refuse to obey
▪ Many people felt the law was unfair, and refused to obey it.
refuse (your) consent
▪ When the firm applied for consent to build on the site, it was refused.
refused admission
▪ The young men tried to enter a nightclub but were refused admission.
refused point-blank
▪ He refused point-blank to identify his accomplices.
refused to disclose
▪ He refused to disclose the identity of the politician.
refused to talk
▪ Even under torture, Maskell refused to talk.
refuse/deny sb a visa
▪ The Lebanese embassy refused him a visa.
refuse/deny (sb) entry (=stop someone entering)
▪ He was refused entry to the club because he was wearing trainers.
refuse/deny (sb) permission
▪ Betty's father refused her permission to attend the dance.
refuse/reject a request (also turn down sb’s request)
▪ He rejected their request for a meeting.
▪ This request was turned down because of the cost.
refuse/reject/turn down an application (=say no to an application)
▪ Their planning application was rejected because of a lack of parking facilities.
refuse/turn down an invitation (also decline an invitationformal)
▪ She turned down an invitation to take part in a televised debate.
tax/ticket/debt/refuse collector
turn down/refuse/reject/decline an offer (=say no to it)
▪ She declined the offer of a lift.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
still
▪ It still refuses to join the United Nations, though it is happy to welcome its free-spending bureaucracies in Geneva.
▪ Imam Malik still refused to take back his words.
▪ It still refuses to join peacekeeping operations in less harmonious countries.
▪ Mulholland, of course, knew this, but still refused to build the dam at Long Valley.
▪ Campaigners against the arms trade also voiced concern that the Government is still refusing to allow Parliament proper scrutiny of exports.
▪ And immigration is still refusing to see that this man deserves consideration for his sacrifice.
▪ I do about three hundred sit-ups a day and it still refuses to firm up, but what else can I do?
▪ Two kids still refused to write unless I helped them right then and there.
NOUN
offer
▪ Maybe he's moonlighting on an offer he couldn't refuse.
▪ The offer of food was refused but food came anyway.
▪ Please contact the Office if you are interested-no reasonable offer will be refused!
▪ As the bribe would hardly benefit a dead man, not surprisingly the offer was refused.
▪ It was so hot and dry, another party on Gimer made us an offer we couldn't refuse.
▪ And make him an offer he couldn't refuse.
▪ Stratton was presented with an offer he could hardly refuse.
permission
▪ Had he refused her permission to marry?
▪ However, one month after this deadline Judge Gilbert Thiel in Nancy refused permission for the objects to leave the city.
▪ He faced up to the notorious Chelsea Boot Boys with an electrified fence but was refused permission to switch it on.
▪ Members of the economic development and planning subcommittee voted to refuse planning permission after a site visit yesterday.
▪ The reasons for the Council's decision to refuse permission for the development are set out in the attached schedule.
▪ In another case, the committee has refused permission for health authorities to link their computer files with personal tax records.
▪ The council says a holy coal house doesn't qualify as a home improvement and has refused planning permission.
▪ Furthermore, an applicant who had been refused planning permission could appeal to the ministry.
request
▪ The driver refused her requests for his number, and dumped her at the next stop.
▪ A judge refused last week a request by rival insurers to remove the Pennsylvania regulator from ruling on the case.
▪ It has refused the Cree's request for an undertaking not to commence logging until their outstanding land claim has been settled.
▪ To date, the Planning Department has refused the request, choosing instead to prepare a brief addendum.
▪ The small number of refused requests may appear unusual.
▪ But the judge refused a prosecution request to keep the accused rapist in jail by increasing his bail to $ 1 million.
▪ Technically she might also refuse a request for a dissolution, although it is hard to imagine her ever doing so.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
flatly refuse/deny/oppose etc sth
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He flatly refuses any offers of financial help.
▪ He never refuses a drink, does he?
▪ He tried to persuade her to come with him, but she refused.
▪ He was unable to attend the meeting in Moscow, because the Russian authorities had refused him a visa.
▪ I asked Stevie if she would help us, but she refused.
▪ If they refuse to leave, call the police.
▪ Judge Eyck refused his request for bail.
▪ Mother flatly refused to see the doctor.
▪ Ms. Knight refused to accept the manager's apology.
▪ Over 2,000 applications for political asylum were refused last year.
▪ Some banks are threatening to refuse loans to anyone who cannot provide suitable guarantees.
▪ Sutton refused food in protest against conditions in the prison.
▪ The church refused to give legitimacy to the new state.
▪ The city is refusing contracts to firms that do not practice an equal opportunities policy.
▪ The offer was so good how could I refuse?
▪ Under the law, doctors cannot refuse patients access to their own medical records.
▪ You wouldn't refuse an old friend a favour, would you?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It is understood that a number of applications for advance clearance under s 707 for such arrangements have been refused.
▪ Players were pressing and self-doubt was evident, especially when shots refused to drop.
▪ She refused his advances and confounded a multitude of scholars assembled by him to overcome her scruples.
▪ The 1976 Act also makes a radical change as regards the grounds for granting or refusing an application for a licence.
▪ The charge was dropped when Lewinksy refused to testify.
▪ The committee was forcing Dozoretz to attend Thursday's hearing to publicly refuse to testify.
▪ The following day, doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital refused to operate because the parents had not given consent.
▪ Via his lawyer, Sam refused to give Clare money because he didn't want a divorce.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
domestic
▪ As with domestic refuse, the problems of methane gas generation also exist when disposing of industrial waste underground.
▪ This was made up of the organic residues of farms, forestry, industry and domestic refuse.
▪ Unlike habitation sites, they have little domestic refuse and, unlike cemetery sites, they do not normally contain burials.
NOUN
collection
▪ A number of local authorities, for example, put out refuse collection to private tender.
▪ The main tasks of the non-metropolitan districts were concerned with housing and basic services such as street cleaning and refuse collection.
▪ But it was opposed by the Senate's Environment Committee, industry, local authority refuse collection agencies and environmentalists.
collector
▪ Aylesbury's refuse collectors are out on the job around seven hours a day.
▪ This was demonstrated in the resettlement of Vila Planetario, a squatter settlement of refuse collectors in the centre of the city.
▪ Many were formed from the grouping together of small refuse collectors.
▪ Whether one considers lawyers and doctors as more important than farm labourers and refuse collectors is simply a matter of opinion.
household
▪ This aims to reduce the mounting flood of household refuse, which currently stands at 70 million tonnes a year.
▪ Talk is of household refuse trains going back to the moth-balled Gobowen to Nanbrynmawr line - from Manchester.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Refuse collection has been seriously affected by the strike.
▪ facilities for recycling household refuse
▪ Heaps of decaying refuse littered every street.
▪ We are gradually developing safer and more effective methods of refuse disposal.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Paul's guide to this mighty sauce is three large refuse sacks of breadcrumbs to 60 pints of milk.
▪ The colonies were a disposal area for social refuse.
▪ This was made up of the organic residues of farms, forestry, industry and domestic refuse.
▪ Workers on Monday mucked out basement and main-floor refuse left by the water.

refuse

I. re‧fuse¹ S2 W1 /rɪˈfjuːz/ verb
[date : 1300-1400; Language : Old French; Origin : refuser, from Latin refundere 'to pour back']
1. [INTRANSITIVE]
to say firmly that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do:
　 ▪ She asked him to leave, but he refused.
refuse to do something
　 ▪ I absolutely refuse to take part in anything illegal.
flatly refuse/refuse point-blank (to do something) (=refuse immediately and directly without giving a reason)
　 ▪ Mom flatly refused to go back into the hospital.
　 ▪ When he offered all that money, I could hardly refuse (=could not refuse), could I?

2. [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]
to say no to something that you have been offered SYN turn down:
　 ▪ She refused a second piece of cake.
　 ▪ The offer seemed too good to refuse.

3. [TRANSITIVE]
to not give or allow someone something that they want, especially when they have asked for it officially
refuse somebody something
　 ▪ She was refused a work permit.
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COLLOCATIONS
adverbs
▪stubbornly refuse
　 ▪ He stubbornly refused to pay the fine.
▪adamantly refuse formal (=in a determined way)
　 ▪ They are still adamantly refusing to release the data to the general public.
▪steadfastly refuse (=refuse, and continue to refuse)
　 ▪ She steadfastly refused to marry him.
▪consistently refuse
　 ▪ Politicians have consistently refused to listen to us.
▪flatly refuse (=in a firm and definite way)
　 ▪ He flatly refused to tell me anything.
▪simply refuse (=used for emphasis)
　 ▪ Some children simply refuse to do what they’re told.
▪refuse point-blank (=directly and without explanation)
　 ▪ I refused point-blank to let him in.
phrases
▪somebody can hardly refuse (=it would be unreasonable or very difficult to refuse)
　 ▪ Going out was the last thing I wanted to do, but I could hardly refuse.
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THESAURUS
▪refuse to say firmly that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do :
　 ▪ I asked the bank for a loan, but they refused.
　 ▪ When they refused to leave, we had to call the police.
▪say no spoken to say that you will not do something when someone asks you :
　 ▪ They asked me so nicely that I couldn’t really say no.
▪turn somebody/something down to refuse to accept an offer or invitation, or a formal request :
　 ▪ They offered me the job but I turned it down.
　 ▪ The board turned down a request for $25,000 to sponsor an art exhibition.
　 ▪ I’ve already been turned down by three colleges.
▪reject to refuse to accept an idea, offer, suggestion, or plan :
　 ▪ They rejected the idea because it would cost too much money.
　 ▪ The Senate rejected a proposal to limit the program to two years.
▪decline formal to politely refuse to accept an offer or invitation, or refuse to do something :
　 ▪ She has declined all offers of help.
　 ▪ A palace spokesman declined to comment on the rumours.
▪deny to refuse to allow someone to do something or enter somewhere :
　 ▪ They were denied permission to publish the book.
　 ▪ He was denied access to the US.
▪veto to officially refuse to allow a law or plan, or to refuse to accept someone’s suggestion :
　 ▪ Congress vetoed the bill.
　 ▪ The suggestion was quickly vetoed by the other members of the team.
▪disallow to officially refuse to accept something because someone has broken the rules, or not done it in the correct way :
　 ▪ The goal was disallowed by the referee.
　 ▪ The court decided to disallow his evidence.
▪rebuff formal to refuse to accept someone’s offer, request, or suggestion :
　 ▪ The company raised its offer to $6 billion, but was rebuffed.
　 ▪ He was politely rebuffed when he suggested holding the show in Dublin.
▪give somebody/something the thumbs down informal to refuse to allow or accept a plan or suggestion :
　 ▪ The plan was given the thumbs down by the local authority.
　 ▪ They gave us the thumbs down.

II. ref‧use² /ˈrefjuːs/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE] formal
[date : 1300-1400; Language : Old French; Origin : refus, from refuser; ⇨ refuse¹]
waste material that has been thrown away SYN rubbish British English, trash, garbage American English:
　 ▪ a refuse dump
household/domestic refuse
　 ▪ refuse collection
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THESAURUS
▪rubbish especially British English things that people throw away, such as old food, dirty paper etc :
　 ▪ People are being encouraged to recycle their household rubbish.
　 ▪ the rubbish bin
▪garbage/trash American English rubbish :
　 ▪ The garbage is collected every Tuesday.
　 ▪ There were piles of trash in the backyard.
　 ▪ a black plastic garbage bag
▪refuse formal rubbish :
　 ▪ The strike has disrupted refuse collection.
　 ▪ It’s a site which is used for domestic refuse.
▪litter empty bottles, pieces of paper etc that people have dropped on the ground :
　 ▪ Parents should teach children not to drop litter.
　 ▪ There was a lot of litter on the beach.
▪waste rubbish, or materials that need to be dealt with after they have been used in industrial processes :
　 ▪ nuclear waste
　 ▪ toxic waste
　 ▪ household waste
　 ▪ The company was fined for dumping toxic waste in the sea.