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debunk v.揭穿真相；暴露 (1) 过去很多人相信那种想法，但现已真相大白。 To debunk something is to prove it wrong. The idea that music education is frivolous and should be the first item cut from the budget is something that music teachers word hard to debunk — in fact, they've done it by proving that students perform better in schools with strong music programs. The verb debunk was first used by an American writer, William Woodward, in 1923, to mean "take the bunk out of something." Bunk means "nonsense."

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英 [ˌdiː'bʌŋk] 美 [ˌdiː'bʌŋk] (1) A lot of people used to believe that, but now it's been completely debunked. When you debunk something you show it to be false. Many magicians, including Houdini and Penn and Teller, have worked to debunk the idea that magic is anything other than a very clever illusion. 1[VERB 动词]指出…的错误；揭穿…的吹嘘（或虚假） If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is.   [V n]Historian Michael Beschloss debunks a few myths.历史学家迈克尔·贝施洛斯破除了几个不实传言。...the Frenchmen of the enlightenment who debunked the church and the crown.揭露教会和王室真相的启蒙运动时期的法国人

英语单词	debunk
英美音标	英 [ˌdiː'bʌŋk] 美 [ˌdiː'bʌŋk]
中文释义	v.揭穿真相；暴露
英语例句	(1) A lot of people used to believe that, but now it's been completely debunked.
中文例句	(1) 过去很多人相信那种想法，但现已真相大白。
vocabulary简明	When you debunk something you show it to be false. Many magicians, including Houdini and Penn and Teller, have worked to debunk the idea that magic is anything other than a very clever illusion.
vocabulary扩展	To debunk something is to prove it wrong. The idea that music education is frivolous and should be the first item cut from the budget is something that music teachers word hard to debunk — in fact, they've done it by proving that students perform better in schools with strong music programs. The verb debunk was first used by an American writer, William Woodward, in 1923, to mean "take the bunk out of something." Bunk means "nonsense."
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]指出…的错误；揭穿…的吹嘘（或虚假） If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is. [V n] Historian Michael Beschloss debunks a few myths. 历史学家迈克尔·贝施洛斯破除了几个不实传言。 ...the Frenchmen of the enlightenment who debunked the church and the crown. 揭露教会和王室真相的启蒙运动时期的法国人

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