词汇对比与辨析

核心差别

refused 强调refused 是 refuse 的过去式和过去分词形式,decline 则侧重decline 作为名词指衰退或下降

使用场景对比

对比方面refuseddecline
核心含义refused 是 refuse 的过去式和过去分词形式,表示拒绝做某事或拒绝接受某物,强调主动或坚决地不同意。decline 作为名词指衰退或下降,作为动词可表示婉拒或(数量、质量)下降。
词性形容词名词、动词
使用语域refused 常用于“refuse to do something”句型,表示拒绝做某事;也可直接接名词,表示拒绝某物。作为动词时,decline 可接名词、不定式或 that 从句表示拒绝;作为不及物动词时,常与介词 in 连用表示下降领域。

对比例句

refused

She refused to eat the vegetables because she doesn't like them.

她拒绝吃蔬菜,因为她不喜欢。

refused

He refused the job offer because the salary was too low.

他拒绝了那份工作邀请,因为薪水太低了。

decline

She had to decline the party invitation because of prior commitments.

由于已有安排,她不得不婉拒了派对邀请。

decline

The quality of the product has declined over the past year.

过去一年里,这款产品的质量有所下降。

常见误用提醒

使用 refused:He refused going to the party. → He refused to go to the party. (refused 后应接不定式“to do”,而不是动名词“doing”,这是中文学习者常混淆的动词搭配。)

使用 refused:She refused his apologize. → She refused his apology. (refused 后接名词时,应用正确名词形式“apology”,而不是动词“apologize”,中文直译可能导致此错误。)

使用 decline:I declined him to help me. → I declined his offer to help me. (decline 作为“拒绝”义时,后面应直接接名词(如 offer, invitation),而不是接“人+不定式”结构。)