As usual when drafting speeches, he refused to answer the telephone for days on end.

同往常一样，他为了起草讲话稿，接连数日拒绝接电话。

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In fact, the one place where the Buddha was asked point-blank whether or not there was a self, he refused to answer.

实际上只有一处，有人当面直接问佛陀，自我是否存在，而他却拒绝回答了。

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He refused to answer the charges against him.

他拒绝对他的指控进行答辩。

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Approached at a May conference in New York, he refused to answer questions about his recommendations of Mega and Pinetree.

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He refused to answer journalists' questions as he arrived back in the UK, and his only comment came when a photographer walked into a pillar, injuring his nose and mouth.

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He has refused to answer whether he would play king-maker and what conditions he might insist on.

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