decline 、 refuse、 reject 、 deny的区别

decline / refuse/ reject / deny

的区别

一、英文解释

Deny

①

、

When you

deny

something, you state that it is not true.

否认

②

、

If you

deny

someone something that they need or want, you refuse to let them have it.

拒绝给予

refuse

①

、

If you

refuse

to

do something, you deliberately do not do it, or you say firmly that you

will not do it.

拒绝

②

、

If someone

refuses

you something, they do not give it to you or do not allow you to have

it.

拒绝给予

reject

①

、

V-T

If you

reject

something such as a proposal, a request, or an offer, you do not

accept it or you do not agree to it.

拒绝

;

不同意

②

、

V-T

If you

reject

a belief or a political system, you refuse to believe in it or to live by

its rules.

摈弃

③

.

V-T

If someone

is rejected

for a job or course of study, it is not offered to them.

拒绝

(

录用或录取

)

④

V-T

If someone

rejects

another person who expects affection from them, they are cold

and unfriendly toward them.

拒绝

(

某人 的爱情

)

Decline

If you

decline

something or

decline

to

do something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it.

谢绝

[FORMAL]

二、含义区别及用法：

Deny

作“否定、否认”

，当否认 某件事时，就是否认它的真实性。其后可接名词、

代词、动名词或

that

?

从句。其次，

deny sb sth

结构，就是拒绝给予某人想要的东西。

Ref use

：

语气比

decline

强，含有非常坚决地、不客气地拒绝的意味。其后接接名词

或代词、不 定式，

reject

后通常只接名词或代词，

不能接动词不定式

。

语气比

refus e

更强，

“

拒绝

”

、

“

驳

回

”

，正式用词，强调不接受、不采纳他人的意见、建议、请求等 。也可表示表示由于客观

条件不符合规定的标准而遭到拒绝。

Decline

v.

婉言拒绝，谢绝 ，相当于

refuse politely

，比较正式。

~sth

；

~to do sth

有位网友举了一个滑稽的例子，来区分这些词汇。