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

• Let's debunk the happiness myth.
  让我们来揭穿幸福的秘密。
• As long as there are people who cheat in the name of science, it is necessary to have science police to debunk them.
  只要还存在着人们以科学的名义行骗，就有必要让科学警察来揭穿他们。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I wanted to debunk the idea that countries with falling numbers of inhabitants were heading inexorably towards social and fiscal disaster or even extinction.
  我希望驳斥一种观点，即人口数量不断下降的国家正无情地迈向社会和财政灾难，甚至正走向灭亡。
• This article will question and debunk some of the most widely held myths pertaining to iterative development in general and iterative testing in particular.
  这篇文章将会质疑和揭穿一些广泛流传的关于迭代开发和迭代测试通常的一些荒谬的言论。
• 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。
• 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？
• Until then, researchers continue to bunk and debunk claims that there are links between the two.
  在这之前，研究人员将继续就这两者之间的联系不断提出假设和推翻假设。