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576　refuse，decline和reject

① refuse指不肯做某事或接受某物，語氣較重，態(tài)度堅決。

He resolutely refused their bribe. 他斷然拒絕接受他們的賄賂。

The boy refused to go home. 這男孩不肯回家。

She does not refuse the child anything. 孩子要什么，她都不拒絕。

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refuse后面不可跟that從句。

② decline指婉言謝絕他人的幫助或邀請等。

We had to decline their invitation because we had made other plans. 我們不得不謝絕他們的邀請，因為我們另有計劃。

He declined（=refused）to say anything definitely about his plan. 他不肯明確地說出他到底有些什么計劃。

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①decline在與不定式連用時，相當于一般的拒絕，與refuse常可通用。

②decline不能以人作賓語，不說I declined him.或He was declined.這是與refuse不同的地方。

③ reject指認為某事/物無用或不合適而不接受；還有“丟棄，駁回，拋棄”等含義，比refuse語氣強，后接名詞。

He rejected our help. 他拒絕我們的幫助。

The government rejected the diplomatic note. 該政府拒絕接受那份外交照會。

The Flat Earth theory was rejected centuries ago. 地平說在幾個世紀以前就遭到了駁斥。

She felt rejected by society. 她感到被社會拋棄了。