debunk
verb /diːˈbʌŋk/
/diːˈbʌŋk/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they debunk | /diːˈbʌŋk/ /diːˈbʌŋk/ |
| he / she / it debunks | /diːˈbʌŋks/ /diːˈbʌŋks/ |
| past simple debunked | /diːˈbʌŋkt/ /diːˈbʌŋkt/ |
| past participle debunked | /diːˈbʌŋkt/ /diːˈbʌŋkt/ |
| -ing form debunking | /diːˈbʌŋkɪŋ/ /diːˈbʌŋkɪŋ/ |
- debunk something to show that an idea, a belief, etc. is false; to show that something is not as good as people think it is
批判；驳斥；揭穿…的真相 - His theories have been debunked by recent research.
最近的研究证明了他的理论不成立。 - Let’s start by debunking a few myths.
让我们首先揭开几个迷思的真相。 - She attempts to debunk unrealistic expectations about marriage.
她试图批判对婚姻的种种不切实际的幻想。
Collocations DictionaryDebunk is used with these nouns as the object:- claim
- myth
- notion
- …
- His theories have been debunked by recent research.