debunked

英 [ˌdiːˈbʌŋkt]

美 [ˌdiːˈbʌŋkt]

v.  批判; 驳斥; 揭穿…的真相
debunk的过去分词和过去式

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

双语例句

• Wang Hongcheng's swindle about "water to oil" has been thoroughly debunked not long before.
  关于王洪成及其“水变油”的骗局直到不久前才得以彻底解决。
• Other Russian lies have also been debunked.
  俄罗斯的其它谎言也已被揭穿。
• Of course, the supposed infallibility of the market in allocating capital has been debunked.
  当然，市场在资本配置中所谓的绝对正确性，已被证明名不副实。
• 2007 could well be dubbed "the year the normalized database myth was debunked".
  看来我们很可以称2007为“数据库正规化的神秘面纱被揭穿的一年”。
• A lot of people used to believe that, but now it's been completely debunked.
  过去很多人相信那种想法，但现已真相大白。
• Academics also have debunked the doomsday scenario, saying it is based on a misreading of Mayan astronomy.
  学者也已经揭穿了世界末日的设想，称这是基于对玛雅天文学的误读。
• The study also debunked the notion, long held by ad agencies, that older consumers are a hard sell because of their long-held preferences for products that are hard to change.
  这项调查还破除了广告公司长期以来的一项错误认识，即向老年消费者推销产品非常困难，因为他们对产品的偏好年深日久，很难改变。
• The notion that chills lead to bad colds was debunked years ago, but it may be due for rethinking.
  着凉导致重感冒这种观念数年之前遭到了否定，但这或许值得再次思考。
• Okay, let's address our book's title: It's Okay to Sleep with Him on the First Date: and Every Other Rule of Dating, Debunked.
  好吧，让我们重申我们书的标题：《第一次约会和他睡觉没事：揭秘约会的其他规则》。
• In the largest and longest study of its kind, scientists in Spain have debunked any link between coffee and cardiovascular disease.
  西班牙科学家进行了最广泛和最长期的研究，排除了咖啡和心血管病的关联。