Refuse to look at your email before 10am, so that you can focus on what really needs to be done

在早上10点之前不要查看你的邮箱，这样你就能专注于那些必须要做的事情

youdao

Before you leave this house, I must exact a promise from you, that you'll get me an interview with her: consent or refuse, I will see her!

在你离开这所房子之前，我一定要你答应，你要让我见她一面：答应也好，拒绝也好，我一定要见她！

youdao

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me?"

摩西、亚伦就进去见法老，对他说：“耶和华希伯来人的上帝这样说：你在我面前不肯自卑要到几时呢？”

youdao

Most refuse to do without, and if you wanted to make it in music, (before music-millionaire contests shoved pre-scheduled winners down your throat) you had to sacrifice for your art.

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