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

• 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。
• Both Robert Lucas, a Nobel Prize winner from the University of Chicago, and Robert Barro of Harvard debunk the power of the multiplier effect, and decry the burden borrowing imposes on future growth.
  诺贝尔奖获得者、芝加哥大学的罗伯特•卢卡斯和哈佛大学（Harvard）的罗伯特•巴若均对乘数效应的有效性进行了批判，并强烈谴责借贷对未来增长造成的负担。
• 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。
• It is time to debunk this myth.
  是时候打破这个神话了。
• You can debunk all these myths and change the way you live and think.
  你可以揭穿所有这些谬见，换一种生活和思考方式。
• Should debunk is new latitudinarian carry out the3 hypocritical sexes that liberalize greatly and fabulosity.
  应揭穿新自由主义推行三大自由化的虚伪性和非现实性。
• 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。
• Doctors have been trying for ages to debunk a myth that reading in dim lighting causes permanent damage to your eyes.
  多年来医生们一直努力揭穿一个真相，那就是昏暗的灯光下看书是否会对你的眼睛造成永久性的伤害。
• Let's debunk the happiness myth.
  让我们来揭穿幸福的秘密。