re.pu.di.ate
v.tr.(及物动词)re.pu.di.at.ed,re.pu.di.at.ing,re.pu.di.ates To reject the validity or authority of:拒绝接受:拒绝接受…的效力或权力:例句:.Chaucer . . . not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it.(Joyce Carol Oates).乔叟…不仅开始怀疑他的庞大的作品体系的价值,而且拒绝接受它.(乔伊丝·卡罗尔·奥茨)
To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust:否定:断然公认为是无根据的、不真实的或不公平的:例句:repudiated the accusation.驳斥控诉
To refuse to recognize or pay:拒付:拒绝承认或清偿:例句:repudiate a debt.拒绝清偿债务
To disown (a child, for example).抛弃:声明与(如孩子)断绝关系To refuse to have any dealings with.与…断绝关系:拒绝与…有任何交往
来源:Latin repudi3re repudi3t- 拉丁语 repudi3re repudi3t- from repudium [divorce] 源自 repudium [离婚]
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repu.dia.tive
adj.(形容词)repu.dia.tor
n.(名词)