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

• 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。
• 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。
• As long as there are people who cheat in the name of science, it is necessary to have science police to debunk them.
  只要还存在着人们以科学的名义行骗，就有必要让科学警察来揭穿他们。
• 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。
• Let's debunk the happiness myth.
  让我们来揭穿幸福的秘密。
• I am to see no less than going to really, today with respect to debunk your real features!
  我实在是看不下去了，今天就揭穿你的真面目！
• It is time to debunk this myth.
  是时候打破这个神话了。
• It didn't take long for industry to challenge that report in attempts to debunk the conclusion that animal agriculture contributes more to climate change than transportation.
  这并没有花费制造业太多的时间去质疑这篇报告，得出畜牧业比运输业更大程度上地导致气候变化的结论。
• I want to debunk this bodybuilding myth right now.
  我要揭穿这种健身神话了。
• 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。