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英语单词 repudiate
英美音标 英 [rɪ'pjuːdieɪt] 美 [rɪ'pjuːdieɪt]
中文释义 v.拒绝;拒付;断绝;否认
英语例句 (1) He repudiated the court's decision to offer bail.
(2) He would repudiate all debts incurred by his son.
(3) She repudiated her only daughter.
(4) They repudiated all accusations of unlawful activity.
中文例句 (1) 他不接受法庭的保释裁决。
(2) 他拒绝偿还他儿子的一切债务。
(3) 她与她的独生女儿断绝了母女关系。
(4) 他们否认所有对他们非法行为的指控。
vocabulary简明 To repudiate something is to reject it, or to refuse to accept or support it. If you grow up religious, but repudiate all organized religion as an adult, you might start spending holidays at the movies, or just going to work.
vocabulary扩展 This verb usually refers to rejecting something that has authority, such as a legal contract, doctrine, or claim. In connection with debts or other obligations, repudiate is used in the specialized sense "to refuse to recognize or pay." If referring to a child or a lover, repudiate is used in the sense "to disown, cast off." This verb is derived from Latin repudiare "to put away, divorce."
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]批判;驳斥;与…断绝关系 If you repudiate something or someone, you show that you strongly disagree with them and do not want to be connected with them in any way.
  [V n]
  [FORMAL or WRITTEN 正式或笔语]
  • Leaders urged people to turn out in large numbers to repudiate the violence...

    领导们力劝人们集体出面反对暴力。

  • The Prime Minister has repudiated racist remarks made by a member of the Conservative Party.

    首相已经驳斥了一个保守党成员的种族主义言论。

repudiation
  • ...his public repudiation of the conference decision.

    他对会议决议的公开批判

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