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

Although such comment is prejudiced, and we don't refute, but this also reflect a certain problem.
这样的评论虽然偏颇，在这里不作反驳证明，但是也能反应一定的问题。
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 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。
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。
They engage with inflammatory subjects and use subversive strategies to produce works that defiantly refute straightforward interpretation.
他们利用煽动性的主题和颠覆性的策略来制作挑战直白阐释的作品。
Data that would aptly verify or refute this are not available.
适当地证实或反驳这一点的数据是没有用的。
His reasons may be food, and no one may have been able to refute them.
他的理由可能是食品，显然没有人能够拒绝它们。
The barrister used new evidence to refute the charges and clear the defendant.
辩护律师利用新证据驳倒指控，为被告洗清罪名。
I retorted, showing a decided purple witness to refute her.
我回嘴，指着我明摆着的紫斑作为见证来驳倒她。
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。