rebut

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɹɪˈbʌt/    美 /ɹɪˈbʌt/|/ɹɪˈbɐt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
    — Who him r'encountring fierce, as hauke in flight, / Perforce rebutted backe.
  2. To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
    — Rebutting allegations that Scotland's railways had been deliberately run down, he pointed out that in the past nine years over £70m had been spent on their development.

词形变化

rebuts present,singular,third-person rebutting participle,present rebutted participle,past rebutted past

词汇关系

衍生词
counterrebuttal irrebuttable prebut rebutment rebuttable rebuttably rebuttal rebutter surrebut unrebuttable unrebuttably unrebutted

词源

Inherited from Middle English rebutten, rebouten, from Old French reboter, rebuter, rebouter, etc., from re- + boter, buter, bouter (“to butt”). Entered English around 1302-1307.
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