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refuse

Ngoại động từNội động từ[U] Không đếm được

Phân từ 2: refusedV-ing: refusing

The verb carries a strong sense of agency and boundary-setting. It is a decisive act of negation that often signals a clash of wills or a firm moral stance. While similar to deny, refuse focuses on the act of rejection rather than the contradiction of a truth. It is commonly used in formal settings to denote official declines or in personal settings to show stubbornness. As a noun, the word shifts entirely in tone and pronunciation. It describes the leftover remnants of consumption, evoking images of landfills and waste management. This usage is significantly more formal than trash or garbage and is typically found in municipal reports or environmental science contexts.

Used to describe the bulk mass of waste material found in a dump or collected by a garbage truck.

Ý nghĩa

Ngoại động từ

[someone][something]

"He refused to sign the contract."

Nội động từ

[doing]

"The horse refused to jump the fence."

Danh từ

[something]

Matter thrown away or discarded; trash.

"The city collects refuse every Tuesday."

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