He demanded that first, the Palestinians must recognize Israel as a Jewish state, something they refuse to do.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

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

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