refusals

英 [rɪˈfjuːzəlz]

美 [rɪˈfjuzəlz]

n.  拒绝; 回绝
refusal的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 拒绝；回绝；不接受
  Someone'srefusal todo something is the fact of them showing or saying that they will not do it, allow it, or accept it.
  1. ...her refusal to accept change...
     她对变革的拒绝
  2. His letter in response to her request had contained a firm refusal.
     对于她的请求他在信中给予了坚决的回绝。
  3. ...the Council's refusal of planning permission for a major shopping centre...
     委员会否决了建立大型购物中心的规划提议
  4. We would appreciate confirmation of your refusal of our invitation to take part.
     若您确认拒绝我们的邀请不能参加，我们将感激不尽。
• PHRASE 优先取舍权；先买权
  If someone hasfirst refusalon something that is being sold or offered, they have the right to decide whether or not to buy it or take it before it is offered to anyone else.
  1. If you have a good rapport with a dealer, they will always let you have first refusal on anything interesting...
     如果你和经销商关系好，好东西他们会任你先挑。
  2. A tenant may have a right of first refusal if a property is offered for sale.
     若房产要出售，承租人可以有优先购买权。

双语例句

• Refusals are considered to be a face-threatening act among the speech acts. If lack of knowledge of English social and cultural rules, one is likely to lead pragmatic failure.
  而拒绝语是交际中最威胁面子的言语行为，如果缺乏对英语社会文化规则的认识和理解，很可能会造成语用失误。
• The rumour-mill turned its attention to Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, as speculation mounted that, despite past refusals, he is again considering entering the Republican nomination race.
  谣言引到了美国新泽西州长ChrisChristie身上。越来越多的推测显示，他又一次开始考虑参加共和党候选人提名的竞选中来，虽然他曾数度据拒绝。
• As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received a steady stream of refusals.
  所以当这个农场主招工面试时，收到的是一连串坚定的拒绝。
• My desires are many and my cry is pitiful, but ever didst thou save me by hard refusals; and this strong mercy has been wrought into my life through and through.
  我的欲望是如此之多，我的哭泣是如此令人同情，但是你一直用冷酷的拒绝来拯救我；
• Chapter IV studies the reject initial items and reject auxiliary items of refusals of Stone Story, and summaries the common expression of refusal.
  第四章对《红楼梦》拒绝语中的拒绝起始项和拒绝辅助项进行了比较具体的研究，并归纳出拒绝语的常见表达形式。
• His refusals to consider matrimony are explained by the simple fact that he is not in love with judith.
  他之所以几次拒婚，只能解释为他不爱朱迪思。
• However, there is few scholars who study refusals from the angle of Conversation Analysis in China.
  但是在我国，很少有学者从会话分析的角度对汉语日常会话中的拒绝语进行研究。
• Before the recent refusals, the last American warship to be denied access to the harbor was the Curtis Wilbur, a guided-missile destroyer, in2002.
  在这次拒绝之前，中国在2002年还拒绝美国“神盾级”驱逐舰“韦尔勃号”进入香港。
• The writer finds that different from many other speech acts such as compliments and refusals, the flattery speech act varies a lot no matter at the level of lewis or syntax.
  作者发现，和其他言语行为比如恭维和拒绝不同，汉语奉承语无论在词汇和句式上都有很丰富的变化。
• So people usually apply different refusal strategies to ease the tension and embarrassment caused by refusals.
  人们往往运用不同的拒绝策略来缓和拒绝所造成的尴尬和紧张的气氛。