If someone offers you a gift, and you decline to accept it, the other person still owns that gift. The same is true of insults and verbal attacks.
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pron. 某人，有人;
n. 某個人;
?? some某些+one一個 → 某人
"Someone must have blabbed to the police."
一定有人向警方告密了。
近義：anybody, anyone, one, somebody
n. 贈品，禮物;天賦;贈送;天資;
vt. 賦予;向…贈送;天賦權力（或才能等）;授予;
?? give(給予)+t(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→贈與；禮物
"The watch was a gift from my mother."
這塊表是母親給我的禮物。
近義：present, treat, bestowal, giveaway, offering, charity
n. 下降;（力量、健康、品格、權力、價值等的）衰退;下傾;（人、生命等的）衰退期;
vt.& vi. 辭謝，謝絕（邀請等）;
vi. （道路、物體等）下傾;（太陽）落下;（在品格、價值上）降低;衰落，謝絕;
vt. 謝絕，婉拒;
?? de向下+clin傾斜=lean,slope+e→傾斜；衰退
"We need to take corrective action to halt this country's decline."
我們得采取糾偏行動來阻止這個國家的衰落。
近義：refuse, snub, spurn, disregard, lapse, lessen
反義：honor, permit, avow, receive, recognize, tolerate
vi. 承認;同意;承兌;
vt. 接受;承認;承擔;承兌;
?? ac一再+cept拿→接受；承認
"The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it."
證據是那樣的令人折服，他覺得不得不接受。
近義：honor, permit, avow, receive, recognize, tolerate
反義：refuse, reject, snub, spurn, decline, disavow
n. 人;（語法）人稱;身體;容貌;
?? person-, parson- 表”人類”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看見前面提到的那個人行動可疑。
近義：individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
反義：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
adj. 詞語的;言語的;口頭的;動詞的;
?? verb詞語+al形容詞后綴→詞語的
"The job applicant must have good verbal skills."
應聘這份工作的人必須具有良好的語言表達技能。
近義：nuncupative, oral, parol, spoken, unwritten
反義：tacit, mathematic