repudiate

英 [rɪˈpjuːdieɪt]

美 [rɪˈpjuːdieɪt]

v.  拒绝; 不接受; 回绝; (正式地)否认，驳斥; 拒绝与…往来; 断绝同…的关系

过去式：repudiated　过去分词：repudiated　现在分词：repudiating　第三人称单数：repudiates　

TOEFLGRETEM8经济

Collins.1 / BNC.11560 / COCA.13624

牛津词典

verb

• 拒绝；不接受；回绝
  to refuse to accept sth
  1. to repudiate a suggestion
     拒绝一项建议
• （正式地）否认，驳斥
  to say officially and/or publicly that sth is not true
  1. to repudiate a report
     驳斥一份报告
• 拒绝与…往来；断绝同…的关系
  to refuse to be connected with sb any longer
  1. He repudiated his first wife and married her sister.
     他和第一个妻子离了婚，又娶了她的妹妹。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 批判;驳斥;与…断绝关系
  If yourepudiatesomething or someone, you show that you strongly disagree with them and do not want to be connected with them in any way.
  1. 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。
  2. The Prime Minister has repudiated racist remarks made by a member of the Conservative Party.
     首相已经驳斥了一个保守党成员的种族主义言论。

英英释义

verb

• refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  1. The woman repudiated the divorce settlement
• cast off
  1. She renounced her husband
  2. The parents repudiated their son
  Synonym:disownrenounce
• reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
  1. She repudiated the accusations
• refuse to recognize or pay
  1. repudiate a debt

双语例句

• In defining our policy on the basis of these facts, we should not repudiate guerrilla-ism in general terms but should honestly admit the guerrilla character of the Red Army.
  从这个上面规定我们的方针，不是一般地反对游击主义，而是老老实实地承认红军的游击性。
• The Prime Minister has repudiated racist remarks made by a member of the Conservative Party.
  首相已经驳斥了一个保守党成员的种族主义言论。
• 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。
• A new Irish government to be elected next spring is bound to repudiate the current arrangements.
  将于明年春季选举产生的爱尔兰新政府，必将否定目前的安排。
• If the insured fails to take such measures, the insurer shall be entitled to repudiate liability for any loss so aggravated.
  如果投保方没有采取措施，保险方对由此而扩大的损失，有权拒绝赔偿。
• The UN wants to sign a legally binding treaty by the end of 2010, but will struggle if countries repudiate the accord.
  联合国希望在2010年年底前签署具有法律约束力的协议，但如果一些国家拒绝接受上述协议，它的愿望将很难达成。
• It is the fear that Turkey is within sight of doing what has been asked of it that has led Mr Sarkozy and others to repudiate the original bargain.
  正是由于担心土耳其有望达到要求，萨科齐和其他领导人才拒绝履行最初的协议。
• Party members appeared on television to repudiate policies they had formerly supported.
  党员们在电视里声明拒绝接受他们从前拥护的政策。
• Let us all rise up to repudiate traditional Christianity.
  让我们都起来弃绝传统的基督教。
• Refers to doctor's Chest, sets level both hands, indicated: Doctor, asks you to can rest assured that that, we cannot repudiate a debt.
  又指指医生的心口，把双手放平，表示：医生，请您放心，我们不会赖账的。