Refute
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 驳斥
- ［英］ v. 驳斥 ( to prove wrong by argument or evidence; disprove)
- ［类］ 反义词: prove ( 证明)
- ［记］ re ( 反) +fute ( 打) -> 反过来打 -> 反驳
- ［同］ 同根词: refutable ( 可驳倒的) ; futile ( 无用的)
- ［例］ I refuted his claim that the world was flat.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb (refuted; refuting)
- Etymology: Latin refutare to check, suppress, refute
- Date: 1545
- 1. to prove wrong by argument or evidence ; show to be false or erroneous
- 2. to deny the truth or accuracy of <refuted the allegations>
- ? refutable adjective
- ? refutably adverb
- ? refuter noun
