repudiate
发音
英 [rɪˈpjuːdieɪt]
美 [rɪˈpjuːdieɪt]
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- vt.
- （正式地）否认
- 拒绝接受
- 拒绝与…往来
- 拒不履行（法律义务）
单词词源
repudiate 拒绝，否认，断绝关系
来自拉丁语 repudiare,拒绝，否认，离婚，来自 repudium,离婚，断绝婚姻关系，来自 re-,向 后，离开，*pudium,击，打，来自 PIE*pu,击，打，词源同 pave,compute.也有学者认为该词 来自 ped,脚，踢，词源同 foot.
双语例句
- 1. Not finding anything like it , though , need not repudiate opera 's claims .
- 即使未能发现这一类现象，也不能据此否定opera的观点。
- 2. Republican candidates for the presidential nomination of 2016 may well feel obliged to repudiate any tax increase that is agreed on now .
- 参加2016年总统提名竞选的共和党候选人肯定会认为，他们有义务去推翻现在所达成的提高税收的任何一项协议。
- 3. Once he understood that compromise was necessary he had to repudiate the left , not apologise to it .
- 在他明白有必要妥协后，他本来应当拒绝左派，而非对其道歉。
- 4. We repudiate the outrageous speech made by president bush yesterday , which gave a green light to a new israeli escalation of the conflict .
- 我们拒绝接受昨天布什总统发表的残暴无耻的演讲，布什的讲话为以色列新的冲突升级大开绿灯。
- 5. It is harder for customers to repudiate transactions when their fingerprints are all over them .
- 如果顾客非常信赖他们的指纹，他们很难拒付交易。