单词	debunk
释义	debunkde‧bunk /ˌdiːˈbʌŋk/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINdebunk Origin: 1900-2000 ➔ BUNK1 (2) Verb Table VERB TABLE debunk Simple Form Present I, you, we, they debunk he, she, it debunks Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they debunked Present perfect I, you, we, they have debunked he, she, it has debunked Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had debunked Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will debunk Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have debunked Continuous Form Present I am debunking he, she, it is debunking you, we, they are debunking Past I, he, she, it was debunking you, we, they were debunking Present perfect I, you, we, they have been debunking he, she, it has been debunking Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been debunking Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be debunking Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been debunking Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES In her book she debunks a lot of the claims made by astrologers. Payton wants to debunk the myth that economics is a science. The study debunks the myth that men are better at math than women. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And it debunked and later destroyed the reputation of a great sea captain, a good friend of my father. But as Sulloway was plugging away, other scientists were busy debunking birth order. Fortunately, the Internet itself provides a good way to debunk these hoaxes. Hence, the spate of was-the-risk-exaggerated, debunking stories. In both poems, Leapor attempts to debunk unreal expectations of marriage. The view that Anne was a sentimental Jacobite who secretly wished her brother-in-law to succeed her has now been debunked as myth. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto prove that something is wrong, untrue, or does not exist► disprove to prove that something is wrong or not true: · She was able to produce figures that disproved Smith's argument.· The existence of God is a question of faith, and therefore impossible to prove or disprove. ► refute formal to prove that what someone has said is not true: · I knew that he was lying but I had no evidence with which to refute his story.· The accusation has been wholly refuted by an in-depth analysis of the evidence. ► debunk to prove that something is not true, especially something that people have believed for a long time, and make it seem silly or unimportant: · In her book she debunks a lot of the claims made by astrologers.· Payton wants to debunk the myth that economics is a science. ► invalidate formal if a fact or piece of information invalidates an explanation or idea, it proves that it contains mistakes which make it unlikely to be true - used in scientific contexts: · None of the more recent views invalidates Hahnemann's original discoveries or teachings.· If we look closely at Professor Thomson's argument, we see that his conclusion is invalidated by a number of factual errors. ► demolish to prove that an argument or idea is completely wrong: · It would not be difficult to demolish a theory that was so obviously a load of rubbish.· There was a time when the response "that's a value judgement" would have demolished any argument in the educational field. ► explode : explode a myth/rumour to prove that something that many people think or believe is wrong or not true: · The report explodes the myth that men are bed-hopping rogues. ► negative a negative result of a medical or chemical test does not show any sign of the condition you are testing for and therefore proves it does not exist in this person or situation: · All the athletes' drugs tests were negative.· a negative pregnancy test· The first brain scan proved negative. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► explode/dispel/debunk a myth (=show that it is not true)· Our goal is to debunk the myth that science is boring. to show that an idea or belief is false:  His claims were later debunked by fellow academics.—debunker noun [countable]
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