1·It is gross incivility to refuse answer when spoken to.
当人家找你说话时拒绝答应是极其无礼的事。
2·I pull the plastic off two microwave dinners and refuse to answer.
我扯下微波炉做的两份便餐上的塑料,没有回答他的话。
3·From Barbie dolls programmed to say "math class is tough" to ministers of state who will parse and analyse a sentence but refuse to answer "what's half of three-quarters?", maths-phobia is everywhere.
从一个通过编程说出“数学课很难”的芭比娃娃到一个能够分析句子语法但拒绝回答“四分之三的一半是多少”的首相,数学恐惧症在生活中处处可见。
4·The rule is that the person onstage can refuse to answer any question. By its design, people are encouraged to ask difficult and uncomfortable questions.
规则是,在场上的人可以拒绝回答任何一个问题,但是以其设计来看,每个人都要求去问那些很难的,甚至是让人不舒服的问题。
5·I refuse to answer such a silly question.
我拒绝回答这么愚蠢的问题。
6·Rarely do I answer "yes," but every time I think "no" is a quiet assertion that I refuse to trade my freedom for trinkets.
“是”,这个答案很少出现,但每次回答“不会”,都是我不愿以自由来交换这些小物件所作出的声明。
7·That made me feel a bit upset because I didn't realise how much sorrow I caused him when I would refuse to answer his calls.
我感到不安因为曾经没有意识到当我拒绝接他电话时他会多么难过。
8·If we accept the invitation to make a speech but refuse to answer questions, we might leave the impression of being rude or cowardly.
如果接受邀请去演讲但又不愿回答问题,会显得不礼貌或者胆怯。
9·Women can't refuse to answer a ringing phone, no matterwhat she's doing。
女人不会拒绝接听任何来电。 电话铃一响,不论正在做什么,她都会去接电话。
10·I refuse to answer that question.
我拒绝回答那个成绩。