repudiate

英 [rɪ'pjuːdieɪt] 美 [rɪ'pjuːdieɪt]

• v. 拒绝；拒付；断绝；否认

英英释义

Verb:

1. cast off;

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

2. refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid;

   "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
   

3. refuse to recognize or pay;

   "repudiate a debt"
   

4. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust;

   "She repudiated the accusations"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The new government repudiated the treaty signed by the former government.
   新政府拒绝履行前任政府签订的条约。
2. He repudiated the court's decision to offer bail.
   他不接受法庭的保释裁决。
3. He would repudiate all debts incurred by his son.
   他拒绝偿还他儿子的一切债务。
4. She repudiated her only daughter.
   她与她的独生女儿断绝了母女关系。
5. They repudiated all accusations of unlawful activity.
   他们否认所有对他们非法行为的指控。

经典引文

• President Wilson had been repudiated by his own people.

  出自： P. H. Gibbs

词汇搭配

• repudiate draft 拒付
• repudiate a debt 拒付欠款

近反义词

【近义词】

• renounce 声明放弃
• reject 拒绝
• disclaim 放弃
• deny 否认
• rebut 反驳
• retract 缩回
• disavow 否认
• turn your back on 掉转脸去不理睬(拒绝帮助...
• disown 否认
• scorn 轻蔑
• discard 丢弃
• exclude 排除
• disdain 轻蔑
• spurn 轻蔑地拒绝
• rebuff 断然拒绝