| 单词 | controvert |
| 释义 | controvert (once / 5390 pages) v If you controvert something, you dispute it. If you argue for a new pony, your parents will controvert your argument by pointing out you said the same thing about the dog — the one they have to walk. The verb controvert can mean to prove to be false or untrue. If you are a historian, you know that new evidence often controverts commonly-held beliefs, so history is constantly being revised and updated. Many children grew up learning that Christopher Columbus landed first in America, but now we have evidence to controvert that idea and other explorers such as Leif Eriksson beat Columbus to America. WORD FAMILYcontrovert: controverted, controverting, controverts USAGE EXAMPLESNoting that there were some controverted testimony and facts, some important and highly relevant facts were uncontroverted. Forbes(May 30, 2015) Party leaders view Obama, not Republicans, as controverting the post-World War II bipartisan tradition on foreign policy, one Republican aide said. Los Angeles Times(Mar 10, 2015) This meant that every invented story de Man had told the university about his background was now either controverted or in question. Salon(Mar 30, 2014) 1v be resistant to Syn|Hypo|Hyper contradict, oppose blackball, negative, veto vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent dissent, protest, resistexpress opposition through action or words strike, walk outstop work in order to press demands defeat, kill, shoot down, vote down, vote outthwart the passage of demonstrate, marchmarch in protest; take part in a demonstration arise, rebel, rise, rise uptake part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance rebel, renegadebreak with established customs rebut, refute overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof 2v prove to be false or incorrect Syn|Hyper rebut, refute confute, disprove prove to be false |
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