单词 | refute |
释义 | refute /rɪfjuːt/ [transitive] (especially journalism尤用于新闻) to say that a report or claim is not true or fair反驳;否认◆she strongly refutes any suggestion that she behaved unprofessionally.谁若暗示她不在行,她都会强烈反驳。ⓘ the original meaning of refute is 'to prove a statement or theory to be wrong'; however, in modern usage refute is often used as a synonym of deny, when no evidence or argument is given to prove that sth is untrue. some people object to this usage but it is now widely accepted in standard english, and used especially in journalism. * refute 本义为“证明某种说法或理论错误”,但在现代用法中常作 deny 的同义词,用在没有证据或论点来证明某事不真实的场合。有人反对这种用法,但它在标准英语中已得到广泛接受,尤用于新闻报道。 ➡ see also refute → disprove refute /rɪfjuːt/ [transitive] (formal) to show that an argument, theory or claim is wrong by using arguments or evidence反驳,驳斥(论点、理论或断言)◆she tried to think how to refute the argument on moral grounds.她考虑如何以道德理由来驳斥这一论点。◆this study cannot provide data to confirm or refute this hypothesis.这项研究无法提供数据资料来证实或驳斥这一假说。opp confirm → confirm 1 ➡ see also refute → deny , refutation → denial refute/rɪˈfju:t ||; rɪˈfjut/verb [t] (formal 正式) 1. to prove that sth is wrong 驳斥;批驳: ◇to refute an argument/a theory 驳斥一个论点/理论 [syn]rebut 同义词为 rebut 2. to say that sth is not true or fair 反驳;否认: ◇she refutes any suggestion that she behaved unprofessionally. 谁要是表示她不在行,她都予以反驳。[syn]deny 同义词为 denyrefutesee ⇨ prove 2 re·fute /rɪ`fjut; rɪˈfjuːt/v [t]formal to prove that a statement or idea is wrong 【正式】 反驳,驳斥[陈述或观点] |
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