A newly released history of 20th Century Russia, written by a team of 45 scholars and edited by historian Andrei Zubov, includes a statement that much of the country's recent past is painfully difficult to study, which is why many refuse to do so.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

You might as well pack up and go home, and then they'll say, 'No, king, no, we refuse to do that. We insist on staying.

你不妨收拾行装,返回家乡,那样他们就会说,'不,王,我们拒绝这么做,我们坚持要留下来

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

They refuse to obey orders or do any work.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

"If senators refuse to debate about a profound crisis affecting every single citizen, the nation must ask 'What do you fear?' ,'And whose voice do you speak and whose interest do you vote?" Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky disagreed, saying the bill will make soaring health care costs go even higher, and place a greater burden on average Americans.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23