Sometimes soap refuses to form a lather and instead cakes and floats as a scum on the top of the water; this is not the fault of the soap but of the water. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
My young lady refuses to have her wardrobe examined. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
She refuses, with tears, when I appeal to her to speak out for my sake. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
Well, I propose to him such a marriage as any nobleman in the land might be proud of--the only thing in life I ever asked him--and he refuses me. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
I fill my cup to Cedric himself, since he refuses to pledge his son's health. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Of his own free will he refuses to tell me; now, however, owing to my knowledge of his past, I can force his confidence. 弗格斯·休姆.奇幻岛.
He refuses to make any abatement, because his threat is, that if he fails with me, he will come to you. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
Now the worst part of the punishment is that he who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one who is worse than himself. 柏拉图.理想国.
But because the matter is political my husband refuses to take me into his complete confidence. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯归来记.
Her voice sank to a whisper: And if she refuses? 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
This he refuses to do. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯回忆录.
I don't think he will see you, she answered; he refuses everybody. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
Behold, he said, the wisdom of Socrates; he refuses to teach himself, and goes about learning of others, to whom he never even says Thank you. 柏拉图.理想国.
But suppose Helena refuses me? 弗格斯·休姆.奇幻岛.
There is a painful confusion in my brain, which refuses to delineate distinctly succeeding events. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
He refuses any communication with me; he has flung us off; and leaves us to poverty. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
She refuses to give it to anybody but you, sir. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Don Pedro refuses, because he is not rich. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
What the Commission advocates is the constant repression and the ultimate annihilation of a mode of life which refuses discovery and measurement. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
If he refuses, we have no alternative but to apply for a warrant. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯回忆录.
That next morning, which Rebecca thought was to dawn upon her fortune, found Sedley groaning in agonies which the pen refuses to describe. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
Do so; if your high heart, incapable of my infirmity of purpose, refuses to bend to the lowness of mine. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
Sent to a schoolmaster, refuses to tell his letters, and the schoolmaster going to whip him, his hand withers. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.