refuse; reject
1. Judge Gifford ______ the defense’s request.
2. All apples with soft spots ______, even in the Christmas Rush.
3. The horse ______ the apple.
4. Gibson ______ the idea as “absurd”.
5. How can he ______ to obey the order as a soldier?
6. Tom ______ by the army because of his bad eyesight.
7. Under the law, doctors cannot ______ patients access to their own medical records.
8. My brother asked her to marry him, but she ______.
Key:
1. rejected / refused 2. were rejected
3. refused / rejected 4. rejected 5. refuse
6. was rejected 7. refuse 8. refuse
解析：
两者都作“拒绝”讲，指不去做别人要求你做的事或不接受别人提供的某物（如1和3）。但refuse更常接表示“邀请、许可”等意义的词；且既可作不及物动词(如8)，也可作及物动词，并可接双宾语（如7）或接to do sth.（如5）；而reject常作及物动词，并且态度上更坚定、更具权威性、更正式（如1）；
