If you refute an argument, accusation, or theory, you prove that it is wrong or untrue.
例句
It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.这是那种让人根本没法批驳的谣言。
VERB
否认(论点或指责)
If you refute an argument or accusation, you say that it is not true.
例句
Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery.伊莎贝尔对于任何关于她恃才傲物的暗示都迅速予以否认。
英汉词典释义
vt.
驳斥, 驳倒
They refuted his wrong idea.他们批驳了他的错误观点。The meeting was very lively and informal with everyone chipping to supplement or refute what the speakers said.会议开得很活跃, 不拘束, 每个人都能插话补充, 或反驳发言者的讲话。