| 释义 | impugnim‧pugn /ɪmˈpjuːn/ verb [transitive] formal    impugnOrigin:1300-1400 Latin impugnare, from pugnare  ‘to fight’ VERB TABLEimpugn |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | impugn |  |  | he, she, it | impugns |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | impugned |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have impugned |  |  | he, she, it | has impugned |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had impugned |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will impugn |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have impugned | 
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 | Present | I | am impugning |  |  | he, she, it | is impugning |  |  | you, we, they | are impugning |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was impugning |  |  | you, we, they | were impugning |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been impugning |  |  | he, she, it | has been impugning |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been impugning |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be impugning |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been impugning | 
to express doubts about someone’s honesty, courage, ability etc:Gerlick has filed a complaint impugning the judge's integrity.
 Andrew's own orthodoxy was never impugned.In a press conference, Bush supporters used the strongest language so far to impugn the legitimacy of the continued Florida recounts.Key field support teams were said to be overtly impugning the reputations of colleagues within earshot of customers.Political combatants now routinely impugn the very moral fiber of their opponents.Pollutions which attract substantial publicity risk impugning the agency's competence.The irony is that in other Arab countries it is the opposition that impugns democracy as the constitutional foundation of the republic.This is a knowledge which has been impugned in literature, and which has deteriorated there.Without impugning the motives of any believer in this, I point out that it reeks of a vile and dangerous racism.
 I did not mean to impugn her professional abilities. |