refusal
noun
rɪˈfjuːzəl
noun
1
when
you
say
firmly
that
you
will
not
do,
give,
or
accept
something
拒绝，回绝
refusal
to
do
sth
His
refusal
to
pay
the
fine
got
him
into
even
more
trouble.
他拒付罚金使他麻烦更大了。
flat/blunt/point-blank
refusal
(an
immediate
direct
refusal)
直截了当的拒绝
His
request
was
met
with
a
blunt
refusal.
他的要求遭到断然拒绝。
[+
of
]
They
couldn’t
understand
her
refusal
of
a
scholarship
to
Yale.
他们无法理解她为什么拒绝耶鲁大学的奖学金。