vt.駁斥；反駁；駁倒

As for the Flat Earth theory, I believe I could refute it. 至于地平學(xué)說，我相信我能駁斥它。

Historical facts refute such a fallacy. 歷史事實(shí)駁斥了這種謊言。

He had hardly finished when someone rose to refute his points. 他還沒全說完，就有人起來反駁他的論點(diǎn)。

Nothing could refute her testimony that the driver was drunk. 她關(guān)于那個(gè)司機(jī)已經(jīng)喝醉的證詞無可辯駁。

I was able to refute his argument. 我能駁倒他的論點(diǎn)。

refute指對與自己的觀點(diǎn)不同的思想或見解進(jìn)行批駁,以使其不能進(jìn)一步發(fā)展。主要指駁斥觀點(diǎn),有時(shí)也指批駁人。

refute多用作及物動(dòng)詞,后接名詞、代詞或由疑問詞引導(dǎo)的從句作賓語。可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。