refute /rɪˈfjuːt/ CET6 TEM4 ( refuting, refuted, refutes )

• 1. 

  V-T If you refute an argument, accusation, or theory, you prove that it is wrong or untrue. 驳倒 [正式]

  例：

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

  这是那种不可能推翻的谣言。

• 2. 

  V-T If you refute an argument or accusation, you say that it is not true. 否认 [正式]

  例：

  Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery.

  对于任何暗示她恃才傲物的话，伊莎贝尔都立即予以否认。