He flatly refused to discuss it.

他断然拒绝讨论此事。

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He flatly refused to discuss the matter.

他断然拒绝商讨这件事。

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He urged Livni to bring her centrist Kadima party into the coalition, but she flatly refused.

他敦促利夫尼将她的温和派前进党带进这个联盟，不过利夫尼断然拒绝这一要求。

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And he flatly refused to let the U.S. use British military bases when we were rearming a beleaguered Israel during the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

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When the patriarch sought to meet him while he was studying at Pratt, Thapar flatly refused.

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But Grant, as honest as he was foolish about business matters, had flatly refused to lobby for government contracts.

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