They aren't a good team, but they refuse to give up and accept the defeat.

他们不是一支出色的球队，但他们拒绝认输和接受这次失败。

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Also, scientists say that people accept the colors they like, and refuse the colors they hate.

另外，科学家说人们接受自己喜欢的颜色，拒绝自己讨厌的颜色。

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Please accept my apologies at having to refuse.

不能奉约， 谨致歉意。

《新英汉大辞典》

If we assume monkeys and humans share the same basic mental programming--an assumption some economists refuse to accept--then looking at how monkeys cooperate with each other and consume scarce resources might show certain patterns that are common to all primates.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The sequester was designed to be onerous and undesirable, and it remains our view that that is not the way to go, because Congress needs to do this in a responsible way -- not abdicate its responsibility, not refuse to -- and alternatively, not refuse to accept the consequences of its inability to compromise, but refocus their efforts on finding a solution here.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

But while people buying an old one-day pink travel card could use it on the buses, Tube and overland rail, many train companies refuse to accept the equivalent pay-as-you-go on Oyster.

BBC: An 'oyster' travel card, sitting on top of a card reader