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单词 disavow
释义

disavow

/dɪsəˈvaʊ /
verb [with object]
Deny any responsibility or support for: the union leaders resisted pressure to disavow picket-line violence...
  • As an artist, he has knowingly signed forged drawings and disavows responsibility for his sometimes salacious subject matter.
  • Many became ill and suffered permanent symptoms, but the government disavowed responsibility for them because they were civilians.
  • The bottom line: both ABC News and the Washington Post are now disavowing any claim that the alleged ‘talking points memo’ was authored by a Republican, let alone that it was some kind of official Republican strategy memo.

Synonyms

deny, disclaim, disown, wash one's hands of;
reject, repudiate;
contradict, rebut, abjure, renounce, forswear, eschew

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French desavouer.

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