Also, you practiced refusing an offer of help and letting someone down gently.

同事，你也需要练习拒绝别人提供的帮助并温和地使对方失望。

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It's against the law to post a public notice calling someone a coward for refusing to accept a challenge to duel.

因某人拒绝接受一项决斗而在大庭广众下称呼某人是懦夫是违法的。

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It's crazy how we think that our refusing to forgive someone is our way of getting even with that person or punishing them.

我们以为，拒绝饶恕某人是我们与某人扯平或是惩罚某人的手段，这真是疯狂。

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Doctors estimate that someone refusing all liquids, depending on factors such as climate and metabolism, could suffer irreversible damage or even die "within five or six days".

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In contrast, entrepreneurs can lose face by insulting someone in public, refusing invitations and gifts or by behaving inappropriately, like losing their temper or crying -- acts that are seen as lack of self-control and weakness.

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Refusing to give up on something or someone that holds you stagnant is not an efficient use of your capabilities.

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