单词	disprove
释义	disprovedis‧prove /dɪsˈpruːv/ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE disprove Simple Form Present I, you, we, they disprove he, she, it disproves Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they disproved Present perfect I, you, we, they have disproved he, she, it has disproved Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had disproved Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will disprove Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have disproved Continuous Form Present I am disproving he, she, it is disproving you, we, they are disproving Past I, he, she, it was disproving you, we, they were disproving Present perfect I, you, we, they have been disproving he, she, it has been disproving Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been disproving Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be disproving Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been disproving Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Only the government has information which can disprove these claims. 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. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS However, the epicycle theory could never be formally disproved. In order to confirm or disprove the phenomena, certain criteria have to be decided in order for the theory to have any value. In the second place, the claim of rational thought to limitless applicability has been disproved. My urge to prove my sanity made me gabble, and my gabbling disproved my claim. The myth that the Legion took anyone was being rapidly disproved and I didn't want to be a victim of it. 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► disprove a theory (also refute a theory formal) (=show that it is wrong)· Later experiments seemed to disprove the theory. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► theory · Personal reincarnation, of course, is something which it is impossible to prove or disprove, although theories and beliefs abound.· There is an overwhelming abundance of practical evidence disproving this theory. VERB► prove · It is impossible to prove or disprove McIntosh's assertion.· We know of no surveys that either prove or disprove this point.· Incidentally, the argument that dinosaurs would have needed to keep their brains cool neither proves nor disproves endothermy.· A scientific theory can not be proved but only disproved.· Personal reincarnation, of course, is something which it is impossible to prove or disprove, although theories and beliefs abound.· However, it can not be proved or disproved in any final way and is unavoidably a political statement.· They can be neither proved nor disproved.· Evidence can thereby be admitted to prove or disprove the existence of the element which has been deemed jurisdictional. Word family WORD FAMILYnounproofadjectiveproven ≠ unprovenverbprove ≠ disprove to show that something is wrong or not true OPP  prove:  These figures disproved Smith’s argument.—disproof /-ˈpruːf/ noun [countable, uncountable] formal
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