confute
verb /kənˈfjuːt/
/kənˈfjuːt/
(formal)动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they confute | /kənˈfjuːt/ /kənˈfjuːt/ |
he / she / it confutes | /kənˈfjuːts/ /kənˈfjuːts/ |
past simple confuted | /kənˈfjuːtɪd/ /kənˈfjuːtɪd/ |
past participle confuted | /kənˈfjuːtɪd/ /kənˈfjuːtɪd/ |
-ing form confuting | /kənˈfjuːtɪŋ/ /kənˈfjuːtɪŋ/ |
- confute somebody/something to prove a person or an argument to be wrong
Topics Opinion and argumentc2驳倒;驳斥 词源early 16th cent.: from Latin confutare ‘restrain, answer conclusively’, from con- ‘altogether’ + the base of refutare ‘refute’.