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单词 refute
释义
refute
(rɪfjt )
Word forms: refutes , refuting , refuted
1. verb
If you refute an argument, accusation, or theory, you prove that it is wrong or untrue. [formal]
It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: disprove, counter, discredit, prove false  
2. verb
If you refute an argument or accusation, you say that it is not true. [formal]
Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery. [VERB noun]
Collocations:
refute a charge
I totally refute the charges and will vigorously defend myself against them.
Times, Sunday Times
That was not refuting the charges but denying them.
Times, Sunday Times
None of them refuted the charges.
Times, Sunday Times
Lawyers for the accused refuted the charges.
Times, Sunday Times
And it refutes the charge it was involved in late trading.
Times, Sunday Times
refute a suggestion
We strongly refute any suggestion of lack of impartiality in our selection.
Times, Sunday Times
Executives at the club refute the suggestion.
Times, Sunday Times
She refutes any suggestion she's had a problem with alcohol.
The Sun
He laughingly refuted the suggestion that he was a social democrat.
Times, Sunday Times
So sporting leaders assume the hedgehog position after any defeat, refuting any suggestion of error.
Times, Sunday Times
refute a theory
And a quick look at the numbers would tend to refute this theory.
Times, Sunday Times
However, three significant pieces of evidence refute this theory.
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His point being not to refute the theory, but to demonstrate how all theories can be true and mythological depending on your perspective.
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The steady number of pressed men from the onset of war refutes any theory that most 'volunteers' accepted the bounty only when confronted with impressment.
The Times Literary Supplement
However, the fact that these patients show impairments in other forms of object recognition refutes this theory.
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Translations:
Chinese: 驳倒
Japanese: 誤りを証明する
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