But in his speech, Mr.Brown refuted that and portrayed the Conservatives as the party of the privileged few, willing to stand by and do nothing.

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who was refuted by Dr. Johnson who kicked a stone and leaped away in terrible pain saying, "I refute it thus."

约翰逊先生反对理想主义者，他踢开一块石头,跳开到很远，一副痛苦不堪的样子，说，“我这样来反驳“

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These doctrines have not simply been refuted or replaced or historically superceded; they remain in many ways constitutive of our most basis outlooks and attitudes.

这些学说没有被轻易地驳倒，取代,或被淹没于历史洪流;,他们在很多层面上,维持着我们本质上最基本的看法与态度。

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x If it's not x, you've refuted the hypothesis.

你认为答案是x，但是如果不是。

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