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

• 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。
• A conspiracy theory to debunk a conspiracy theory?
  3.一个阴谋论揭穿另一个阴谋论？
• I want to debunk this bodybuilding myth right now.
  我要揭穿这种健身神话了。
• Professor Gina Rippon said it was time to debunk the myth that gender differences are hard-wired into our brains.
  吉娜·里彭（GinaRippon）教授说，是时候揭穿性别差异在我们大脑根深蒂固的神话了。
• Let's debunk the happiness myth.
  让我们来揭穿幸福的秘密。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In view of the relationship between technological innovation and technology, to debunk the philosophical essence of technological innovation means to thoroughly disclose the philosophical essence of technology.
  从技术创新与技术的关系来看，要真正揭示出技术的哲学本质，必须从揭示技术创新的哲学本质入手。
• 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。