记忆:de-下,我们常常推脱别人的礼物,用手朝下,表示委婉的拒绝。
区别:语气委婉,有礼貌。
a rapid/sharp/gradual decline 迅速/急剧/逐渐/下降
to decline an offer/invitation 谢绝对方的帮助和邀请(invitation 来自 invite v 邀请,词根-vit-看,visit v 参观,访问)
Their spokesman declined to comment on the allegations(spokeman,说的人:发言人;comment 评论;allegation,alle-ally盟友,就是捆绑,把自己捆绑,延伸就是:控告,指控)
记忆:re-返回,ject-投,射,把东西又返回去了。
区别:语气比decline强硬,果断、坚决的拒绝
to reject an argument 拒绝一个论点(argument n 争论,论点。来自 argue v 争论,争吵)
The proposal was firmly rejected .(proposal n 提议,求婚,来自propose v 提议,求婚。 firmly[ˈfɜːmli] a 坚定的,坚决的 ,来自 firm n 公司 a 坚定的,牢固的,公司就是资本家坚固的堡垒,公司处事了,跟资本家的责任是分离的)
区别:turn down = reject
Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down.(虚拟语气)
He kept turning the central heating down.(central heating 中央暖气)
The divorce rate turned down in the 1950s(divorce n 离婚 v 使分离,来自divert转移,di-分开)
记忆:re-回,引申成拒绝,fuse-fus流,拒绝往一块流。
区别:比reject 更重,带有一定的决绝和抵抗。衣服常见拒绝水洗,加油站拒绝火星,比较正式。
对比记忆:refuge[ˈrefjuːdʒ] v 给···庇护;接纳····避难 n 避难,避难所;庇护,收容所(读音绵延悠长,比较温暖,refuge很脆,很坚决)
Go on, ask her; she can hardly refuse
I politely refused their invitation(politely,来自 polite a 有礼貌的,客气的;police 警察 v 监管,political a 政治的)
They refused him a visa(visa n 签证 v 签发证件)