refute

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɹɪˈfjuːt/|/ɹəˈfjuːt/    美 /ɹɪˈfjut/|/ɹəˈfjut/|/ɹɪˈfjʉːt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. transitive
    — After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, "I refute it thus."
  2. To deny the truth or correctness of (something); to reject or disagree with an accusation. proscribed,transitive
    — A spokesperson for VARS Technology said: “We completely refute the suggestion that our market-leading ANPR system is unreliable".

词形变化

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词汇关系

衍生词
nonrefuted nonrefuting self-refute unrefuted unrefuting
相关词
refudiate refusal refuse refutability refutable refutably refutal refutation refuted refuter

词源

From Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”).
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