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refute vt.驳斥；反驳；驳倒 (1) 至于地平学说，我相信我能驳斥它。(2) 历史事实驳斥了这种谎言。(3) 他还没全说完，就有人起来反驳他的论点。(4) 她关于那个司机已经喝醉的证词无可辩驳。(5) 我能驳倒他的论点。 Evidence and arguments are used to refute something. So are facts. For example, if children who eat chocolate before going to bed go straight to sleep, that refutes the idea that sugar keeps them up. Refute comes from the Latin refutare for "to check, suppress." A near synonym is confute, but save refute as an everyday word for proving something is false.

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英 [rɪ'fjuːt] 美 [rɪ'fjuːt] (1) As for the Flat Earth theory, I believe I could refute it.(2) Historical facts refute such a fallacy.(3) He had hardly finished when someone rose to refute his points.(4) Nothing could refute her testimony that the driver was drunk.(5) I was able to refute his argument. The verb refute is to prove that something is wrong. When the kids you're babysitting swear they brushed their teeth, you can refute their claim by presenting the dry toothbrushes. 1[VERB 动词]驳倒，驳斥，批驳（观点、指责或理论） If you refute an argument, accusation, or theory, you prove that it is wrong or untrue.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]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。2[VERB 动词]否认（论点或指责） If you refute an argument or accusation, you say that it is not true.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]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。

英语单词	refute
英美音标	英 [rɪ'fjuːt] 美 [rɪ'fjuːt]
中文释义	vt.驳斥；反驳；驳倒
英语例句	(1) As for the Flat Earth theory, I believe I could refute it. (2) Historical facts refute such a fallacy. (3) He had hardly finished when someone rose to refute his points. (4) Nothing could refute her testimony that the driver was drunk. (5) I was able to refute his argument.
中文例句	(1) 至于地平学说，我相信我能驳斥它。 (2) 历史事实驳斥了这种谎言。 (3) 他还没全说完，就有人起来反驳他的论点。 (4) 她关于那个司机已经喝醉的证词无可辩驳。 (5) 我能驳倒他的论点。
vocabulary简明	The verb refute is to prove that something is wrong. When the kids you're babysitting swear they brushed their teeth, you can refute their claim by presenting the dry toothbrushes.
vocabulary扩展	Evidence and arguments are used to refute something. So are facts. For example, if children who eat chocolate before going to bed go straight to sleep, that refutes the idea that sugar keeps them up. Refute comes from the Latin refutare for "to check, suppress." A near synonym is confute, but save refute as an everyday word for proving something is false.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]驳倒，驳斥，批驳（观点、指责或理论） If you refute an argument, accusation, or theory, you prove that it is wrong or untrue. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 2 [VERB 动词]否认（论点或指责） If you refute an argument or accusation, you say that it is not true. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] 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。

Refute I Theory Prove Verb 动词 Accusation [V