却

却(卻) [què] 动

1. ■ （后退） step back:

退却 go back; retreat

2. ■ （使退却） drive back; repulse:

却敌 repulse the enemy

3. ■ （推辞; 拒绝） decline; refuse; reject:

推却 decline; refuse;

盛情难却。 It would be ungracious not to accept your invitation.

4. ■ （用在某些动词后， 表示动作的完成）:

冷却 cool off;

忘却 forget;

了却一个心愿 fulfil a wish

副

1. ■ （表示转折） but; yet; however; while:

他很同情她，却又不知说什么好。 He was full of sympathy for her, yet he didn't know what to say.

她有许多话要说， 一时却什么也说不出来。 She had a lot to say, but at the time she was unable to utter a word.