refute

refute 指用证据、理由或论证证明某个说法是错误的；在正式语境中尤其常见。

💡 记忆钩子

把一个说法看成需要检验的靶子：不是只说“我不同意”，而是拿出证据把它击破，证明它不成立，这就是 refute。

📝 学习建议

优先掌握“用证据证明说法错误”这一核心意思，不要把 refute 只记成普通的“否认”。
现代规范英语中，refute 通常要求有论证或证据支持；仅表示拒绝承认时不宜使用它。

📖 中文释义

verb

core 证明错误；驳倒

📖 指通过事实、证据或严密推理，证明某个观点、说法或论证是错误的或不能成立。重点在于“把对方的说法驳倒”，而不只是说自己不接受。

💡 常用句型是“refute + 某个说法/观点/指控”，也可以说“refute the claim that...”来引出具体内容。它比一般的 disagree 或 deny 更正式，并且通常暗含有证据或论证支持；不要把“没有证据”误写成已经 refute 了某个说法。

transitive

The new evidence completely refuted the witness's account.

新的证据完全驳倒了那名证人的说法。

Several studies have refuted the claim that the treatment is unsafe.

多项研究已经证明“这种治疗不安全”的说法是错误的。
rare 否认其正确性

📖 有时有人把 refute 泛泛地用于表示否认某事是真的或正确，但这种用法没有突出“以证据驳倒”的核心意思，而且在规范英语中通常不建议学习者采用。

💡 学习和写作中不要把 refute 单独当作“我不承认”或“我不同意”的同义词使用；若只是拒绝承认，可根据语境选择 deny 或 reject。refute 最稳妥的用法仍是指有理由、有证据地证明某个说法不成立。

proscribed transitive

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📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 2 组

prove to be false or incorrect

同义词集: refute rebut controvert

上位: confute, disprove

overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

同义词集: refute rebut

The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments

上位: disown, renounce, repudiate 下位: answer, contradict, controvert, oppose

🌳 词源

来自拉丁语 refūtō，意为“反驳、驳斥”。

From Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”).

🔄 变式

- imperat refuted 1st_sg refutedst archaic refutes present refutest archaic refuteth archaic refuting present

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