"refuse" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

refuse verbo

refuse + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 76
refuse permission • refuse entry • refuse treatment • refuse one's offer • refuse one's request • refuse one's invitation • ...
verbo + refuse
Kolokacji: 5
continue to refuse • begin refusing • keep refusing • dare refuse • consider refusing
refuse + preposición
Kolokacji: 21
refuse to • refuse by • refuse for • refuse on • refuse from • ...
refuse + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 73
initially refuse • steadfastly refuse • simply refuse • flatly refuse • stubbornly refuse • repeatedly refuse • absolutely refuse • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 19
(1) initially, originally
Kolokacji: 2
(3) simply, positively, merely
Kolokacji: 3
(4) flatly, categorically
Kolokacji: 2
3. defiantly refuse = wyzywająco odmów defiantly refuse
4. doggedly refuse = uparcie odmawiać doggedly refuse
  • But they'd doggedly refused to compromise on the plank that had persuaded Michael to switch his vote.
  • Most Presidential campaigns are careful not to flirt with reality on too many issues, but this one doggedly and absolutely refuses to acknowledge reality.
  • He doggedly refuses to stray into a world he does not know.
  • Owen fought on, doggedly refusing to be beaten.
  • When asked if he still recognized the elected Makarios government as the legal one, Kissinger doggedly and astonishingly refused to answer.
  • Perfect for walking, cycling, driving or just relaxing, this is a place that doggedly refuses to sell itself down the river of crass commercialism and mass tourism.
  • Robyn tried to catch his eye, to make him leave before he was further humiliated, but Clinton played on doggedly refusing to look up at her.
  • He doggedly refused to believe Mao was anything other than a simple agrarian reformer.
  • Lieutenant Onoda... doggedly refused to lay down his arms...
  • Lieutenant Onoda, by contrast, doggedly refused to lay down his arms until he received formal orders to surrender.
(9) generally, specifically
Kolokacji: 2
(10) angrily, indignantly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 2
(12) outright, promptly, suddenly
Kolokacji: 3
(13) publicly, plainly
Kolokacji: 2
(14) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(16) vehemently, unreasonably
Kolokacji: 2
(17) steadily, regularly
Kolokacji: 2
(18) formally, officially
Kolokacji: 2
(19) willfully, consciously
Kolokacji: 2

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