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

• 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。
• Along the way, he debunked some of the less effective antiretroviral drugs rushed to market.
  在兰格的职业生涯中，他还揭露了一些仓促推向市场的抗逆转录病毒药物疗效低的问题。
• Other Russian lies have also been debunked.
  俄罗斯的其它谎言也已被揭穿。
• 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。
• The public panic began to subside after local authorities debunked the rumors.
  公众的恐慌在当地政府辟谣之后，开始消退。
• In recent years, reports linking vaccines to autism have been debunked, but fears of adverse events which experts say are rare have proven difficult to erase.
  近年来，一些将疫苗同自闭症相联系的报告已被证明是错误的，专家也表示注射疫苗后很少出现不良事件，但是，人们对此所产生的恐惧却很难消除。
• His claims were later debunked by fellow academics.
  业内学者后来指出他的主张是错误的。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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》。