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refuse+to+accept

  • 1 refuse

    I [rə'fju:z] verb
    1) (not to do what one has been asked, told or is expected to do: He refused to help me; She refused to believe what I said; When I asked him to leave, he refused.) αρνούμαι
    2) (not to accept: He refused my offer of help; They refused our invitation; She refused the money.) δεν δέχομαι, αποποιούμαι
    3) (not to give (permission etc): I was refused admittance to the meeting.) αρνούμαι, δεν εγκρίνω
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    II ['refju:s] noun
    (rubbish; waste material from eg a kitchen.) απορρίμματα, σκουπίδια
    - refuse collection vehicle

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  • 2 ostracise

    (to refuse to accept (someone) in society or a group: His former friends ostracized him because of his rudeness.)

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  • 3 ostracize

    (to refuse to accept (someone) in society or a group: His former friends ostracized him because of his rudeness.)

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  • 4 reject

    1. [rə'‹ekt] verb
    (to refuse to accept: She rejected his offer of help; He asked her to marry him, but she rejected him.) απορρίπτω, αποποιούμαι, αποκρούω
    2. ['ri:‹ekt] noun
    (something that is rejected because it is faulty etc.) κάποιος ή κάτι που έχει απορριφθεί, σκάρτος

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  • 5 repulse

    1. verb
    1) (to repel (an enemy).) αποκρούω
    2) (to refuse to accept eg help from, or be friendly to.) απορρίπτω, δεν δέχομαι
    2. noun
    ((an) act of repulsing.) απόρριψη
    - repulsive
    - repulsively
    - repulsiveness

    English-Greek dictionary > repulse

  • 6 save one's face

    (to avoid appearing stupid or wrong: I refuse to accept the reponsibility for that error just to save your face - it's your fault.) διασώζω το γόητρο(κάποιου)

    English-Greek dictionary > save one's face

См. также в других словарях:

  • refuse to accept — index contest, contradict, decline (reject), disaccord, disavow, disown (deny the validity), except ( …   Law dictionary

  • accept — [v1] receive something given physically acquire, gain, get, obtain, secure, take, welcome; concept 124 Ant. deny, discard, refuse, reject accept [v2] allow into group admit, receive, welcome; concept 384 Ant. blackball, decline, deny, reject… …   New thesaurus

  • accept — ac‧cept [əkˈsept] verb [intransitive, transitive] 1. to take or agree to take something that has been offered: • The steel workers have accepted a 3% wage offer. accept something from somebody • Doctors should not accept expensive gifts from… …   Financial and business terms

  • accept — 01. Sophie has been [accepted] into the Fine Arts program at university. 02. In her [acceptance] speech at the awards show, she thanked her family and friends. 03. His family has been very [accepting] of his homosexuality. 04. She [accepted] the… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • refuse — 01. Her boss was always asking her to work overtime, but she [refused] because she prefers to spend the time with her family. 02. He was fired from his job because of his [refusal] to work overtime. 03. Brendan Francis once said that people who… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • refuse — UK US /rɪˈfjuːz/ verb [I or T] ► to say that you will not do or accept something: refuse an offer/request/invitation »The government proposes to cut unemployment benefits to those who refuse job offers. refuse sb sth »The company was forced to… …   Financial and business terms

  • refuse — refuse1 [ri fyo͞oz′] vt. refused, refusing [ME refusen < OFr refuser < LL * refusare < L refusus, pp. of refundere: see REFUND1] 1. to decline to accept; reject 2. a) to decline to do, give, or grant …   English World dictionary

  • accept — ac·cept /ik sept, ak / vt 1 a: to receive with consent accept a gift accept service b: to assent to the receipt of and treat in such a way as to indicate ownership of accept ed the shipment despite discovering defects in the merchandise compare …   Law dictionary

  • Refuse — Re*fuse (r?*f?z ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refused} ( f?zd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refusing}.] [F. refuser, either from (assumed) LL. refusare to refuse, v. freq. of L. refundere to pour back, give back, restore (see {Refund} to repay), or. fr. L.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • refuse — Ⅰ. refuse [1] ► VERB 1) state that one is unwilling to do something. 2) state that one is unwilling to grant or accept (something offered or requested). 3) (of a horse) decline to jump (a fence or other obstacle). DERIVATIVES refusal noun refuser …   English terms dictionary

  • refuse — [n] garbage debris, dregs, dross, dump, dust, hogwash*, junk, leavings, litter, muck, offal, rejectamenta*, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop*, sweepings, swill, trash, waste, waste matter; concept 260 Ant. assets,… …   New thesaurus

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