ADVERB | VERB + REJECT | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤decisively, emphatically, firmly, resoundingly, roundly, soundly, strongly, vehemently, vigorously斷然否認;堅決拒絕;強烈反對◇Voters emphatically rejected the proposals.投票者斷然拒絕了這些提議。◇She firmly rejected the suggestion that she had lied.她堅決否定自己撒了謊的說法。➤categorically, completely, flatly, unequivocally, utterly直截了當地/完全/斷然/明確/徹底回絕➤out of hand, outright, summarily當即/立刻/草草拒絕◇Don't just reject their suggestions out of hand.不要立即回絕他們的提議。➤overwhelmingly壓倒性抵制▸➤unanimously一致否決▸➤narrowly勉強否決◇Voters narrowly rejected the plan.投票者以微弱差距否決了這一計劃。➤initially起初拒絕▸➤immediately, instantly馬上拒絕▸➤quickly很快拒絕▸➤consistently, constantly, repeatedly一貫抵制;一再拒絕▸➤eventually, finally, ultimately最終否決;終於拒絕◇We considered offering him the job, but finally rejected him.我們考慮過要給他這份工作,但最後還是拒絕了他。➤deliberately故意拒絕▸➤explicitly, expressly, specifically明確拒絕◇The paper expressly rejected charges that it had invented the story.該報明確否認了編造此新聞報道的指控。➤formally正式拒絕▸➤publicly公然否決➤automatically自動排斥◇The organs are automatically rejected by the immune system.這些器官受到免疫系統的自動排斥。➤rightly理所當然地拒絕◇It was a badly researched product that consumers rightly rejected.這項產品研發不力,理所當然遭到顧客的拒絕。VERB + REJECT➤vote to投票否決▸➤be free to, have the right to自由否決;有權拒絕◇Consumers have the right to reject faulty goods and demand a refund.顧客有權拒收次品,並要求退款。➤urge sb to催促某人否決◇He urged the committee to reject the plans.他敦促委員會否決這些計劃。PREPOSITION➤as因⋯而拒絕◇The proposal was rejected as too costly.由於成本過高,這一提案未被接受。➤in favour/favor of拒絕⋯而選取⋯◇Their design was rejected in favour / favor of one by a rival company.他們的設計遭否決,而競爭公司的方案被選中了。PHRASES➤reject sth on... grounds以⋯為理由拒絕⋯◇The plan was rejected on economic grounds.這一計劃出於經濟考量而遭到摒棄。