avvise
verb
reject, turn down
nekte adgang
reject, turn down
German
B1Intermediate
Han valgte å avvise tilbudet de kom med.
He chose to reject the offer they made.
Kortet mitt ble avvist i betalingsterminalen.
My card was declined at the payment terminal.
Resepsjonisten var avvisende da vi ba om hjelp.
The receptionist was dismissive when we asked for help.
Han avviste påstanden om at han var islamofob.
He rejected the claim that he was an Islamophobe.
Hun avviste tilnærmelsene hans.
She rejected his advances.
Han avviste forestillingen om at gråt var umannlig.
He rejected the idea that crying was unmanly.
Forslaget ble avvist som helt vettløst og irrasjonelt.
The proposal was rejected as completely senseless and irrational.
Pasifisme handler om å avvise vold som løsning.
Pacifism is about rejecting violence as a solution.
Anarkisme avviser enhver form for hierarkisk maktstruktur.
Anarchism rejects any form of hierarchical power structure.
Veiarbeiderne satte opp en avviser som ledet bilene bort fra den stengte veien.
The road workers set up a barrier that directed cars away from the closed road.