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　

CET4CET6考研TOEFLGRETEM8

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

• Taking up the challenge, he wrote an article to refute his erroneous views.
  他接受挑战，写了一篇文章驳斥他的错误观点。
• Our propaganda fails to promptly reflect and publicize certain urgent tasks and refute what the enemy alleges.
  （二）传内容不善于迅速地反映和宣传某一个紧急任务，不善于很及时地批驳敌人。
• It is the task of epistemology to unmask the fallacies of positivism and to refute them.
  揭发实证论的一切谬见，因而驳斥它们，这是认识论的任务。
• If I were to tell you that you aren't ambitious, how would you refute me?
  如果我要告诉你你不够有雄心，你会怎么反驳我？
• Historical facts refute such a fallacy.
  历史事实反驳了这一廖论。
• 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。
• 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。
• I retorted, showing a decided purple witness to refute her.
  我回嘴，指着我明摆着的紫斑作为见证来驳倒她。
• And I'd like the opportunity to refute all of them.
  但是我希望有机会驳倒所有的理由。
• It goes without saying that we have the right to refute them publicly.
  不用说，我们有权公开驳斥他们。