refute

• vt. 反駁，駁斥；駁倒

re-,向後，往回，-fut,擊，打，詞源同 rebut,beat.引申詞義反駁，駁斥。字母 b,f 音變。

refute

refute: see beat

refute (v.)

1510s, "refuse, reject," from Middle French réfuter (16c.) and directly from Latin refutare "drive back; rebut, disprove; repress, repel, resist, oppose," from re- "back" (see re-) + -futare "to beat," probably from PIE root *bhau- "to strike down" (see bat (n.1)).

Meaning "prove wrong" dates from 1540s. Since c. 1964 linguists have frowned on the subtle shift in meaning towards "to deny," as it is used in connection with allegation. Related: Refuted; refuting.

1. Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery.

伊莎貝爾對於任何關於她恃才傲物的暗示都迅速予以否認。

來自柯林斯例句

2. It goes without saying that we have the right to refute them publicly.

不用說我們有權公開駁斥他們.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The meeting was very lively and informal with everyone chipping to supplement or refute what the speakers said.

會議開得很活躍,不拘束,每個人都能插話補充,或反駁發言者的講話.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.

這是那種讓人根本沒法批駁的謠言。

來自辭典例句

5. Any attempt to defend wilderness preservation must confront and attempt to refute this position.

任何為保護荒野而辯護的試圖都必須正視並設法駁倒這一論點.

來自英漢非文學 - 環境法 - 環境法