【英国问答】Deny, Refuse, Reject和Decline(2/3)

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        Could you please show me the difference between 'deny', 'refuse', 'reject', 'decline'...
       
       
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        Judge Dread

        英式拼法，全部不加双引号
To refuse is the opposite of to accept, if you refuse to do something you choose not to do it, or say firmly that you will not do it.
You could also refuse something, which means that you don't accept it. For example.
I offered him a cold drink but he refused it.
Notice that the pronunciation has the stress on the second syllable, refuse as opposed to refuse, which is a formal word for rubbish.
Reject is quite similar to refuse, the opposite of both would be accept.
If you reject a proposal or a request, for instance, you decide not to agree with it.
Judge Dread rejected the lawyer's request for more time to study the case.
If you reject a belief or a theory, you decide that you do not believe in it and you do not wish to follow it.
The rebels rejected the authority of the central government.
Reject often carries the added meaning that you don't think something is good enough, if an employer rejects a job applicant, or a machine rejects a credit card it is because something is considered unsuitable, invalid or wrong in some way.