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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His claims were later debunked by fellow academics.
  业内学者后来指出他的主张是错误的。
• 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。
• 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》。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Supernatural explanations were eventually debunked.
  种种超自然的解释最终被揭穿。