debunked

英 [ˌdiːˈbʌŋkt]

美 [ˌdiːˈbʌŋkt]

v.  批判; 驳斥; 揭穿…的真相
debunk的过去分词和过去式

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

双语例句

• Along the way, he debunked some of the less effective antiretroviral drugs rushed to market.
  在兰格的职业生涯中，他还揭露了一些仓促推向市场的抗逆转录病毒药物疗效低的问题。
• The researchers, from the University of Mannheim, said their findings debunked the idea that older workers should be made redundant to boost productivity.
  从曼海姆大学的研究人员表示，他们的发现证明了年长员工的工作效率其实更高。
• The study also debunked the notion, long held by ad agencies, that older consumers are a hard sell because of their long-held preferences for products that are hard to change.
  这项调查还破除了广告公司长期以来的一项错误认识，即向老年消费者推销产品非常困难，因为他们对产品的偏好年深日久，很难改变。
• Supernatural explanations were eventually debunked.
  种种超自然的解释最终被揭穿。
• Of course, the supposed infallibility of the market in allocating capital has been debunked.
  当然，市场在资本配置中所谓的绝对正确性，已被证明名不副实。
• Do not lie, because there was debunked the day.
  不说谎话，因为总有被拆穿的一天。
• A lot of people used to believe that, but now it's been completely debunked.
  过去很多人相信那种想法，但现已真相大白。
• The public panic began to subside after local authorities debunked the rumors.
  公众的恐慌在当地政府辟谣之后，开始消退。
• 2007 could well be dubbed "the year the normalized database myth was debunked".
  看来我们很可以称2007为“数据库正规化的神秘面纱被揭穿的一年”。
• Academics also have debunked the doomsday scenario, saying it is based on a misreading of Mayan astronomy.
  学者也已经揭穿了世界末日的设想，称这是基于对玛雅天文学的误读。