refute

英 [rɪˈfjuːt]

美 [rɪˈfjuːt]

v.  驳斥; 批驳; 反驳; 否认

过去分词：refuted　过去式：refuted　第三人称单数：refutes　现在分词：refuting　复数：refutes　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11177 / COCA.11103

牛津词典

verb

• 驳斥；批驳
  to prove that sth is wrong
  1. to refute an argument/a theory, etc.
     驳斥一个论点、理论等
• 反驳；否认
  to say that sth is not true or fair
  1. She refutes any suggestion that she behaved unprofessionally.
     谁要是表示她不在行，她都予以反驳。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 驳倒，驳斥，批驳（观点、指责或理论）
  If yourefutean argument, accusation, or theory, you prove that it is wrong or untrue.
  1. It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.
     这是那种让人根本没法批驳的谣言。
• VERB 否认（论点或指责）
  If yourefutean argument or accusation, you say that it is not true.
  1. Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery.
     伊莎贝尔对于任何关于她恃才傲物的暗示都迅速予以否认。

英英释义

verb

• prove to be false or incorrect
  Synonym:rebutcontrovert
• overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  1. The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments
  Synonym:rebut

双语例句

• This does not completely refute the charge of subjectivism.
  这样说并不能完全驳倒说我们是主观主义的责难。
• His only worry was that his memory might fail him in finding Scripture to refute his popish enemies.
  他唯一担心的事，他的记忆力也许已经不够好，不能帮助他找到反驳他的敌人教皇的经文。
• I should like to take this opportunity to refute a heresy which I consider particularly dangerous.
  我想利用这个机会驳斥一种谬论，我认为这种谬论非常危险。
• They engage with inflammatory subjects and use subversive strategies to produce works that defiantly refute straightforward interpretation.
  他们利用煽动性的主题和颠覆性的策略来制作挑战直白阐释的作品。
• Historical facts refute such a fallacy.
  历史事实反驳了这一廖论。
• Although such comment is prejudiced, and we don't refute, but this also reflect a certain problem.
  这样的评论虽然偏颇，在这里不作反驳证明，但是也能反应一定的问题。
• His reasons may be food, and no one may have been able to refute them.
  他的理由可能是食品，显然没有人能够拒绝它们。
• In my own research, I have been able to refute the common notion that the Chinese invented gunpowder but only used it for fireworks.
  在我本人的研究中，我反驳一种论调，即中国人发明了火药，但是只是在放焰火的时候才使用。
• Bertha flushed, for she had asked herself the same question, much scorn was needed to refute it.
  伯莎脸红了，因为她扪心自问过这同一个问题。要反驳它需要极大的藐视。
• It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.
  这是那种让人根本没法批驳的谣言。