disown

英 [dɪs'əʊn] 美 [dɪs'oʊn]

• v. 否认；声明同…脱离关系

英英释义

Verb:

1. prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

2. cast off;

   "She renounced her husband"
   "The parents repudiated their son"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Tom disowned the letter.
   汤姆否认这封信是他写的。
2. I intend to look at my darkness rather than attempt to disown it.
   我意愿直面我的黑暗,而不是试图否认它。
3. The father disowned his heirs.
   父亲剥夺了自己继承人的继承资格。
4. If you behave like that in front of my friends again, I'll disown you!
   你要是再当着我朋友的面那样做，我就和你一刀两断！

经典引文

• Bad art arises when instead of expressing these emotions we disown them.

  出自： R. G. Collingwood

• Her family had disowned her and turned her out.

  出自： L. Durrell

近反义词

【近义词】

• repudiate 拒绝
• renounce 声明放弃
• reject 拒绝
• turn your back on 掉转脸去不理睬(拒绝帮助...
• disclaim 放弃
• deny 否认
• rebuff 断然拒绝
• spurn 轻蔑地拒绝
• scorn 轻蔑
• disinherit 剥夺 ... 继承权...

【反义词】

• own 自己的