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

• Now, to debunk some of the mystery surrounding this wonder food.
  现在，让我们来稍稍揭秘一下这种神奇食物上的神秘光环吧。
• You can debunk all these myths and change the way you live and think.
  你可以揭穿所有这些谬见，换一种生活和思考方式。
• I want to debunk this bodybuilding myth right now.
  我要揭穿这种健身神话了。
• Not only can the experiment verify the soundness of the hypothesis, IT can also improve or debunk IT.
  而且，实验的过程不但可以检验其正误，往往还可能提升或推翻这个理论。
• 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。
• A conspiracy theory to debunk a conspiracy theory?
  3.一个阴谋论揭穿另一个阴谋论？
• I wanted to debunk the idea that countries with falling numbers of inhabitants were heading inexorably towards social and fiscal disaster or even extinction.
  我希望驳斥一种观点，即人口数量不断下降的国家正无情地迈向社会和财政灾难，甚至正走向灭亡。
• 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。
• Until then, researchers continue to bunk and debunk claims that there are links between the two.
  在这之前，研究人员将继续就这两者之间的联系不断提出假设和推翻假设。
• Doctors have been trying for ages to debunk a myth that reading in dim lighting causes permanent damage to your eyes.
  多年来医生们一直努力揭穿一个真相，那就是昏暗的灯光下看书是否会对你的眼睛造成永久性的伤害。