debunk

英 [ˌdiːˈbʌŋk]

美 [ˌdiːˈbʌŋk]

v.  批判; 驳斥; 揭穿…的真相

现在分词：debunking　第三人称单数：debunks　过去分词：debunked　过去式：debunked　

GRE

BNC.34001 / COCA.17630

牛津词典

verb

• 批判；驳斥；揭穿…的真相
  to show that an idea, a belief, etc. is false; to show that sth is not as good as people think it is
  1. His theories have been debunked by recent research.
     最近的研究揭穿了他的理论的真相。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 指出…的错误;揭穿…的吹嘘（或虚假）
  If youdebunka widely held belief, you show that it is false. If youdebunksomething that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is.
  1. Historian Michael Beschloss debunks a few myths.
     历史学家迈克尔·贝施洛斯破除了几个不实传言。
  2. ...the Frenchmen of the enlightenment who debunked the church and the crown.
     揭露教会和王室真相的启蒙运动时期的法国人

英英释义

verb

• expose while ridiculing
  1. The physicist debunked the psychic's claims
  Synonym:expose

双语例句

• Not only can the experiment verify the soundness of the hypothesis, IT can also improve or debunk IT.
  而且，实验的过程不但可以检验其正误，往往还可能提升或推翻这个理论。
• It didn't take long for industry to challenge that report in attempts to debunk the conclusion that animal agriculture contributes more to climate change than transportation.
  这并没有花费制造业太多的时间去质疑这篇报告，得出畜牧业比运输业更大程度上地导致气候变化的结论。
• That sounds plausible, but two new studies by the RAND Corporation and the Urban Institute, both non-partisan think-tanks debunk the argument.
  这种说法似乎言之有理，但两项由非党派智囊团&兰德公司和城市学院所做的新研究项目提供了反驳。
• Let's debunk the happiness myth.
  让我们来揭穿幸福的秘密。
• Earlier this week, Rowling was forced to debunk rumours that she has recently finished a romantic novel.
  近期有谣言称罗琳已完成了一部爱情小说，本周初，罗琳对此作出了澄清。
• Other accounts of Celtic history debunk these stories as myth.
  其他的塞尔特人历史的帐户揭穿这些故事作为神话。
• CULLY: Am I to understand that you want me to debunk the X-Files project, sir?
  我可以理解为是你们想要我去揭穿X档案项目吗，长官？
• Well, I hate to debunk this belief, but it's just not so.
  我不愿意戳穿这种说法，但是实际上确实不是这样的。
• People have spent a century trying to debunk the idea of G, and they have failed.
  一个世纪以来人们一直在试图揭穿“g”概念，但都以失败告终。
• Professor Gina Rippon said it was time to debunk the myth that gender differences are hard-wired into our brains.
  吉娜·里彭（GinaRippon）教授说，是时候揭穿性别差异在我们大脑根深蒂固的神话了。