repudiate
英 [rɪ'pjuːdɪeɪt]
美 [rɪ'pjudɪet]
助记提示
1. Repudiate originally meant 'divorce one's wife'.
2. It has been suggested that the ultimate source of this may be pēs 'foot' (source of English pedal), in which case its underlying meaning would be virtually 'kick out'.
3. repudi- 谐音“累批偶的、屡批偶的”。
双语例句
- 1. to repudiate a suggestion
- 拒绝一项建议
来自《权威词典》
- 2. He used his position to repudiate the charge.
- 他利用自己的职位来否认指控.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Leaders urged people to turn out in large numbers to repudiate the violence.
- 领导们力劝人们集体出面反对暴力。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. However, the Citizens opinion does not necessarily repudiate that proposition.
- 但不管怎样, "公民"案的意见未必就否认了这一主张.
来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- 5. MacDiarmid wanted to repudiate his lyrical quality.
- 麦克迪阿来德想要放弃他的抒情格调.
来自辞典例句
