英単語

refuseの意味・使い方・発音

refuse

英 [rɪ'fjuːz] 美 [ri'fjʊz]
  • n. ゴミ; 廃棄物
  • vt.拒否する;不本意;抵抗する
  • vi.

語源


拒否する。

re-、後ろへ、後方へ、-fus、流れ込む、語源的には返金、融合と同じ、すなわち流れ戻る、派生的には拒否する、はねつける。

英語の語源


refuse
refuse: [14] Refuse comes via Old French refuser from an unrecorded Vulgar Latin *refūsāre. It is not altogether clear where this came from, for it has no direct Latin antecedent. One theory is that it represents a blend of Latin recūsāre ‘refuse’ (source of English recusant [16]), a compound verb based on causa ‘cause’, and refūtāre ‘rebut’ (source of English refute [16]), a compound verb based on the element *fūt-, found also in English confute [16].

But another long-established school of thought derives it from refūsus, the past participle of Latin refundere ‘pour back’ (source of English refund [14]) – the underlying notion being of something ‘poured back’ or ‘rejected’. The noun refuse ‘rubbish’ [15] probably comes from Old French refus ‘refusal’, a derivative of refuser ‘refuse’.

refuse (v.)
c. 1300, from Old French refuser "reject, disregard, avoid" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *refusare, frequentative form from past participle stem of Latin refundere "pour back, give back" (see refund (v.)). Related: Refused; refusing.
refuse (n.)
mid-14c., "an outcast;" mid-14c., "a rejected thing, waste material, trash," from Old French refus "waste product, rubbish; refusal, denial, rejection," a back-formation from the past participle of refuser (see refuse (v.)). As an adjective from late 14c., "despised, rejected;" early 15c., "of low quality."

例文


1. The District Council made a weekly collection of refuse .
区政務委員会は週に1回ゴミを受け取る。

2.I 've always had a loud mouth,I refuse to be silenced.
私はいつも大きな声で自分の考えを言っています。圧力に迫られて何も言わないことはありません。

3.I refuse to act that way when my kids fight.
私の子供たちがけんかを始めたとき、私はそうしません。

4.Those who refuse to repent,he said,will be punished.
悔い改めないことを拒んだ人たちは、罰を受けると言った。

5.You were quite within your rights to refuse to co-operate with him.
あなたは彼との協力を拒否する権利があります。

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