refusenik

/ri-fyooz-nik/US // rɪˈfyuz nɪk //UK // (rɪˈfjuːznɪk) //

拒服兵役者,驳斥,驳斥者,拒服兵役

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Informal.
- : a Soviet citizen, usually Jewish, who was denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union.

You, dear reader and refusenik, will likely be called a cynic or a sad sack by friends.
I envy my refusenik friends their steadfast commitments to stay in, and contentment in doing so.
Sharansky, the famed Soviet refusenik, had left the Soviet Union for Israel in 1986.
And Netanyahu is the only one who will be able to confront these refusenik settlers.