词汇精选：refute的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

v.

反驳，驳斥；驳倒 [T]

例句：

Silence is one of the hardest things to refute.

沉默是最难驳斥的事物之一。

例句：

It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.

这是那种让人根本没法批驳的谣言。

二、词义辨析：

contradict,deny,oppose,refute

这些动词都含“否定，否认”，“反驳，反对”之意。contradict指肯定地否认、反对或反驳某事，坚持相反的意见。deny普通用词，侧重否认意见或言论的真实性，尤指否定他人的指控或责难。 oppose普通的广泛用词。指不作争论或不提出论据而无理由地反对；也指任何温和、有理由的反对或否定。refute语气较强，强调凭推理或证据驳斥一项主张或言论。

三、参考例句：

You can easily refute his argument.

你可以轻易驳倒他的论据｡

Nothing could refute her testimony that the driver was drunk.

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Nothing could refute her testimony that the driver was drunk.

她关于那个司机已经喝醉的证词无可辩驳。

The lawyer made good use of the favorable evidence to refute his counterpart's testimony.

律师充分利用大量的有利证据驳倒了对手的证词。

He had hardly finished when someone rose to refute his points.

他还没全说完，就有人起来反驳他的论点。

It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.

这是那种让人根本没法批驳的谣言。

The Premier League champions refute the claims and insist their signing Lampard purely for football reasons.

英超冠军曼城拒绝这些说法，并坚持说签下兰帕德单纯只是踢球目的。