repudiate

英 [rɪˈpjuːdieɪt]

美 [rɪˈpjuːdieɪt]

v.  拒绝; 不接受; 回绝; (正式地)否认，驳斥; 拒绝与…往来; 断绝同…的关系

过去式：repudiated　过去分词：repudiated　现在分词：repudiating　第三人称单数：repudiates　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11560 / COCA.13624

牛津词典

verb

• 拒绝；不接受；回绝
  to refuse to accept sth
  1. to repudiate a suggestion
     拒绝一项建议
• （正式地）否认，驳斥
  to say officially and/or publicly that sth is not true
  1. to repudiate a report
     驳斥一份报告
• 拒绝与…往来；断绝同…的关系
  to refuse to be connected with sb any longer
  1. He repudiated his first wife and married her sister.
     他和第一个妻子离了婚，又娶了她的妹妹。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 批判;驳斥;与…断绝关系
  If yourepudiatesomething or someone, you show that you strongly disagree with them and do not want to be connected with them in any way.
  1. Leaders urged people to turn out in large numbers to repudiate the violence...
     领导们力劝人们集体出面反对暴力。
  2. The Prime Minister has repudiated racist remarks made by a member of the Conservative Party.
     首相已经驳斥了一个保守党成员的种族主义言论。

英英释义

verb

• refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  1. The woman repudiated the divorce settlement
• cast off
  1. She renounced her husband
  2. The parents repudiated their son
  Synonym:disownrenounce
• reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
  1. She repudiated the accusations
• refuse to recognize or pay
  1. repudiate a debt

双语例句

• The UN wants to sign a legally binding treaty by the end of 2010, but will struggle if countries repudiate the accord.
  联合国希望在2010年年底前签署具有法律约束力的协议，但如果一些国家拒绝接受上述协议，它的愿望将很难达成。
• Repudiate a charge, view, claim, suggestion
  拒绝一项指控、一种观点、一项权利要求、一项建议
• We must firmly repudiate these wrong ideas and check their spread.
  我们一定要彻底批判这些错误思想，绝对不能让它们流行。
• If the insured fails to take such measures, the insurer shall be entitled to repudiate liability for any loss so aggravated.
  如果投保方没有采取措施，保险方对由此而扩大的损失，有权拒绝赔偿。
• He cannot avail himself of such acts as are beneficial to him and repudiate those which are detrimental.
  他不能仅仅追认那些对他有利的行为而否认那些不利于他的行为。
• She cannot repudiate its basic contours.
  她不可能批判其基本框架。
• Party members appeared on television to repudiate policies they had formerly supported.
  党员们在电视里声明拒绝接受他们从前拥护的政策。
• The government must repudiate terrorism in word and deed.
  政府必须言行一致地抵制恐怖主义。
• We are sorry we cannot agree with the view put forward by your clients, and must repudiate the claim on account of insufficient evidence.
  很抱歉对你方客户的观点不敢苟同，由于证据不足，我方拒绝索赔。
• Let us all rise up to repudiate traditional Christianity.
  让我们都起来弃绝传统的基督教。