4 reject

【Explanation】refuse to accept or consider something 拒絕接受，不予考慮

【Example Sentences】

All our suggestions are rejected out of hand.
我們的所有建議一口被拒絕。reject something out of hand 一口回絕，全部拒絕

知識拓展：out of hand

1 無法控制（情緒，行為, 事態(tài)等）
—— I've so much work to do. It's getting out of hand.
我有好多工作要做，真是越來越難了。
—— Don't let situations get out of hand.
不要讓處境超乎妳的能力范圍。

The children have got quite out of hand.
那些孩子迷已經(jīng)完全失去控制。

【知識拓展】

get out of hand 失去控制get quite out of hand 完全失去控制get almost out of hand 幾乎失去控制

Things really got out of hand when the police arrived.
警察到時，局勢已經(jīng)難以控制了。

2 立即
Vance was not committed but did not turn down the proposal out of hand.
Vance未置可否，但也沒有馬上拒絕這個建議。

The prime rejected any idea of reforming the system.
首相對體制改革的任何想法不予考慮。

5 decline

【Explanation】to refuse politely to accept or to do something 婉言拒絕

I offered to give him a lift but he declined.
我主動邀請他搭車，但他謝絕了。

【知識拓展】 give someone a lift

1讓......搭便車，送某人一程

Bill offered to give me a lift to work and I quickly took him upon it.
比爾表示愿意讓我搭車去上班，我馬上接受了他的提議。
要點提示：take somebody upon something 接受某人......

2 （引申義）助......一臂之力，改善不好的狀況

Spring time seems to give people a lift in the spirit because we see more of the rebirthing of lives.
春天似乎是可以提升人的心情，因為陽光帶來較高的氣溫，而溫暖的氣候則帶出很多新的生命。

We were looking for someone to give us a lift。
我們正在尋找能夠助我們一臂之力的人。

Have a drink. It'll give you a lift.
喝一杯如何，它能幫你消除疲勞。

He asked me if he can do a favor to me and I declined her offer.
我問我是否我需要幫助，我婉言謝絕了他的主動幫助。

He invited me to her great ball and I declined his invitation for his first wife would be there.
他邀請我參加他的盛會，但是我婉言謝絕了他的主動邀請因為她的前妻也參加。

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