a flat refusal/denial etcCERTAINLY/DEFINITELYa refusal etc that is definite and which someone will not change 断然拒绝/否认等 Our requests were met with a flat refusal. 我们的请求遭到断然拒绝。
a flat refusal/denial etc• In many cases where a request has been made, it has met with a flat refusal.• She had not anticipated a flat refusal.• There'd been a chorus of objection then and a flat refusal from Becky to stay with the younger children.• One or other of them drafted a statement which was a flat denial that he had misbehaved either sexually or politically.
→ a flat refusal/denial etc at flat1(2)