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 |
- 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.
to express doubts about someone’s honesty, courage, ability etc: I did not mean to impugn her professional abilities. |