To disprove an idea, belief, or theory means to show that it is not true.
例句
The statistics to prove or disprove his hypothesis will take years to collect.收集数据来证明他的假设是否成立要花上数年的时间。
英汉词典释义
vt.
证明(理论等)错误,反驳
I defy anyone to disprove the defendant’s statements.我倒要看看有没有人能对被告的陈述进行反驳。They accepted what he had said in default of any evidence to disprove it.由于没有相反的证据,他们相信了他的话。This discovery disproved the idea that the world was flat.这个发现驳斥了地球是扁平的看法。
英英词典释义
Verb
1. prove to be false;
"The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"