decline: implies courteous refusal especially of offers or invitations: ~d the invitation to dinner.


refuse: suggests more decisiveness or ungraciousness and often implies the denial of something expected or asked for: ~d them the loan they needed.    gracious谦和优雅，有礼貌，顾及他人感受          decisive坚决的决断的，就是与其并列的ungracious不谦和优雅，decisive没有译出    deny拒绝，表示拒绝给予、承认、让步，即用途比refuse窄一些，如tried to deny the charges拒绝指控


reject: implies a peremptory refusal by or as if by sending away or discarding: ~ed the plan as unworkable.     peremptory强势专横，做事唐突专断不容反驳，如a peremptory style强势专横的风格


repudiate: implies a casting off or disowning as untrue, unauthorized, or unworthy of acceptance: ~d the values of their parents.   如he repudiated his first wife and married her sister他和第一个妻子离婚后娶了她的妹妹，如Hillary说美国人"repudiated Trump"抛弃川普


spurn: stresses contempt or disdain in rejecting or repudiating: ~ed his amorous advances.    路透报道Trump拒绝再次通话，用了spurn: Reuters: "Exclusive: Trump spurns Taiwan president's suggestion of another phone call"傲慢轻蔑地拒绝       disdain公开表达傲慢，是2018-02-24 傲慢proud-disdainful最后一个词，最公开最严重，如disdainful of their pathetic attempts对他们的可怜尝试嗤之以鼻


decline谢绝婉拒: 指礼貌地拒绝邀请馈赠等，refuse拒绝: 不及decline谦和优雅，常表示拒绝请求要求，reject拒绝拒收: 指断然(不容反对)拒绝，好像扔出抛弃，repudiate抛弃: 指抛弃的事物曾被认可，spurn轻蔑地拒绝: 强调轻蔑地拒绝或抛弃


记忆方法: 1) 首字母重组成RRR DS三人的事<==拒绝做事(三个和尚没水喝)       本组第1个和第3个都用第2个词refuse解释，可见refuse是基础词
   
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         3) 拒绝的意思是不接受不接收不考虑mean to turn away by not accepting, receiving, or considering.首字母重组成RRR DS三人的事<==拒绝做事(三个和尚没水喝)