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

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。
People who debunk it and say it will never be mainstream, they're just wrong.
人们揭穿它，而且说它将会无法是主流，他们仅仅是错误的。
Not only can the experiment verify the soundness of the hypothesis, IT can also improve or debunk IT.
而且，实验的过程不但可以检验其正误，往往还可能提升或推翻这个理论。
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。
It is time to debunk this myth.
是时候打破这个神话了。
A conspiracy theory to debunk a conspiracy theory?
3.一个阴谋论揭穿另一个阴谋论？
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。
I want to debunk this bodybuilding myth right now.
我要揭穿这种健身神话了。
Let's debunk the happiness myth.
让我们来揭穿幸福的秘密。
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。