拒绝
jùjué
to refuse, to reject
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- 他拒绝了我的请求。He refused my request.
- 她委婉地拒绝了他。She turned him down tactfully.
Collocations
拒绝请求拒绝邀请委婉拒绝断然拒绝
Mnemonic
拒 jù "to ward off" + 绝 jué "to cut off": pushing away and severing = to refuse. 拒 has the hand radical 扌.
Related
接受同意答应绝
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