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Could you please show me the difference between 'deny', 'refuse', 'reject', 'decline'...
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If someone rejects a lover, their family or friends, they behave with cruelty or indifference towards them and perhaps do not want to see them any more.
Notice that in all cases, the pronunciation is reject, reject, with the stress on the second syllable, which is common for verbs with two syllables.
The noun, a reject, has the stress on the first syllable and means somebody or something which has not been accepted. For example.
This shirt was very cheap because it was a reject.
Finally, we come to decline. Decline can be a rather formal synonym for refuse, if you decline something or decline to do something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it.
The princess is believed to have declined various proposals of marriage. For example.
It can also be a noun, but this time it is pronounced the same as the verb, decline.
Then there's the intransitive verb, that's a verb without an object.
If something declines, it loses quality, importance or strength. Listen to how the verb decline is used in this sentence.
As China and India become more powerful, the economic power of the United States may be declining.
So, in conclusion then, we might deny an allegation, refuse an offer, reject a suggestion and decline a formal invitation. |
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发表于 2016-8-2 11:43:04