When he tried to refuse, his first meal of the day, a plate of cold, dry meat and stale bread, was taken away from him.

当父亲想拒绝的时候，他那天的第一次伙食，一份又冷又干的肉和不新鲜的面包，就被从手中夺走了。

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He tried to refuse, but because of the Confucian code of filial piety he could do nothing but beat her insensible almost every day.

他本来拒绝打，但是儒家的孝道使他不得不几乎每天都把妻子打得死去活来。

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At his own clinic, he said he was not allowed by law to refuse anyone for IVF on these grounds, but tried to persuade them to defer treatment in such circumstances.

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