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.這是那種讓人根本沒法批駁的謠言。
VERB
否認(rèn)（論點(diǎn)或指責(zé)）
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.伊莎貝爾對于任何關(guān)于她恃才傲物的暗示都迅速予以否認(rèn)。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
駁斥, 駁倒
They refuted his wrong idea.他們批駁了他的錯(cuò)誤觀點(diǎn)。The meeting was very lively and informal with everyone chipping to supplement or refute what the speakers said.會(huì)議開得很活躍, 不拘束, 每個(gè)人都能插話補(bǔ)充, 或反駁發(fā)言者的講話。