Question

I had to ____ Jack's invitation to the party because it conflicted with an important business meet

I had to ____ Jack's invitation to the party because it conflicted with an important business meeting.
A、decline
B、reject
C、deny
D、accept
答案是A。为什么不能选B、C呢？reject和deny不都有拒绝的意思吗？

Answer 1

decline：婉拒

I had to decline Jack's invitation to the party because it conflicted with an important business meeting.

我必须婉拒杰克的宴会邀请，因为那时间和一个生意上的重要会议冲突。

deny和reject确实都有“拒绝"之意，但语气直接，不含蓄，而人家是邀请，出于礼貌，自然要委婉拒绝了，故选A.

Answer 2

虽然都有拒绝的意思，但是A decline有委婉拒绝的意思，而B reject有几分强烈抵触的意味，C的话则有否认的意思，拒绝承认某事合法性的意思。所以应该选A。

Answer 3

ddecline有婉拒，婉言谢绝的意思，reject有拒绝或丢弃的含义，deny是否认、背弃，语气和含义上来说A最合适