refusing
present participle ofrefuse
| 单词 | refusing |
| 释义 | refusing present participle ofrefuse refuse verb[IorT] uk/rɪˈfjuːz/us/rɪˈfjuːz/B1 to say that you will not do oracceptsomething: Heaskedme to give him anotherloan, but I refused. He's introublebut he's refused all (myoffersof)help. [+ to infinitive]Oncoldmorningsthecaralways refusestostart. [+ two objects]Thelocalcouncilrefused himplanningpermissiontobuildanextrabedroom.
Refusing & rejecting
Examplesofrefusingrefusing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Whilerefusingthe role of narrator, he does not accept that of cultural critic either. From theCambridge English Corpus Finally, we turn to observable indicators of the cost to the president ofrefusingthe slate of cabinet appointments proposed by the prime minister. From theCambridge English Corpus There might be reason to probe a little further with a surrogate decisionmaker who isrefusingpain medications on behalf of a patient. From theCambridge English Corpus Many pitfalls are described, such asrefusingto believe that a language can be as complicated as it is, together with methods to avoid them. From theCambridge English Corpus Such factors are critical if we are to make judgments regarding the competence ofrefusingthe presumably "objective" benefits of either. From theCambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, and to almost everyone's surprise, a large number of youths decided to manifest their rejection of the regime by categoricallyrefusingto register. From theCambridge English Corpus Byrefusingto become like the evildoers, however, a danger of neither forgiving nor forgetting, one opens and expands one's human capacities for moral growth. From theCambridge English Corpus To prevent insurers fromrefusingto contract (or renew a contract) with high-risk individuals, governments may complement premium rate restrictions with an open enrolment requirement. From theCambridge English Corpus For instance, agreeing andrefusingcan be expressed gesturally by nodding or shaking one's head. From theCambridge English Corpus For womenrefusingthis therapeutic option, special care can be taken to permit a satisfactory outcome, as described in this report. From theCambridge English Corpus If researchers tried to gain these subjects' consent, the combination of thoserefusing, dead, nonlocatable, and not responding would make the data set scientifically unacceptable. From theCambridge English Corpus An expectation that a patient would not adhere with necessary post-transplant therapy is a good reason forrefusingto allocate a transplant organ. From theCambridge English Corpus Second, and more basically, calling treatment futile is never, by itself, a justification forrefusingtreatment. From theCambridge English Corpus This study produced no clear findings on what variables are of influence on whether consultation takes place beforerefusinga request. From theCambridge English Corpus The editor starts to take on many more contributions althoughrefusingto hold up reviews. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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