refute

英 [rɪˈfjuːt]

美 [rɪˈfjuːt]

v. 驳斥; 批驳; 反驳; 否认

过去分词：refuted　过去式：refuted　第三人称单数：refutes　现在分词：refuting　复数：refutes　

Collins.1 / BNC.11177 / COCA.11103

牛津词典

verb

驳斥；批驳
to prove that sth is wrong
1. to refute an argument/a theory, etc.
  驳斥一个论点、理论等
反驳；否认
to say that sth is not true or fair
1. She refutes any suggestion that she behaved unprofessionally.
  谁要是表示她不在行，她都予以反驳。

VERB 驳倒，驳斥，批驳（观点、指责或理论）
If yourefutean argument, accusation, or theory, you prove that it is wrong or untrue.
1. It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.
  这是那种让人根本没法批驳的谣言。
VERB 否认（论点或指责）
If yourefutean argument or accusation, you say that it is not true.
1. Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery.
  伊莎贝尔对于任何关于她恃才傲物的暗示都迅速予以否认。

verb

prove to be false or incorrect
Synonym:rebutcontrovert
overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
1. The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments
Synonym:rebut

Taking up the challenge, he wrote an article to refute his erroneous views.
他接受挑战，写了一篇文章驳斥他的错误观点。
His only worry was that his memory might fail him in finding Scripture to refute his popish enemies.
他唯一担心的事，他的记忆力也许已经不够好，不能帮助他找到反驳他的敌人教皇的经文。
I do not believe everything originated in India, and I certainly do not refute the Aryan Invasion Theory.
我不相信万物起源于印度，当然我也反驳不了雅利安人入侵理论。
Nothing could refute her testimony that the driver was drunk.
她关于那个司机已经喝醉的证词无可辩驳。
It is the task of epistemology to unmask the fallacies of positivism and to refute them.
揭发实证论的一切谬见，因而驳斥它们，这是认识论的任务。
It goes without saying that we have the right to refute them publicly.
不用说，我们有权公开驳斥他们。
If I were to tell you that you aren't ambitious, how would you refute me?
如果我要告诉你你不够有雄心，你会怎么反驳我？
I knew he was lying but I had no evidence with which to refute his story.
我知道他在撒谎，但我没有证据反驳他。
This does not completely refute the charge of subjectivism.
这样说并不能完全驳倒说我们是主观主义的责难。
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons of the opposite side;
但是，如果他平等地不去拒绝相反方面的事物的合理性；