| 单词 | disclaimer |
| 释义 | disclaimer (once / 2028 pages) n A disclaimer is a statement that rejects a legal claim. If you're speaking on Russian history and don't want to be quoted, offer a disclaimer that all your information comes from Wikipedia and you're not responsible for its accuracy. A claim is the assertion that you have a right to something, so a disclaimer is the opposite: the rejection of a claim. If you don't want to keep the money you're inheriting, you can file a disclaimer and pass all the money on to a charity. Although disclaimer comes from talking about legal claims, we also use it in general to mean "denial" or "repudiation." WORD FAMILYdisclaimer: disclaimers+/disclaim: disclaimed, disclaimer, disclaiming, disclaims USAGE EXAMPLESDiscussion of these scenarios is typically followed with a disclaimer that this is only hypothetical and would never actually happen. Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) He said the disclaimer would clear up any perceived endorsement of religion by the district, the Houston Chronicle reported. Washington Times(Dec 16, 2016) Between nearly every act break, A&E airs a disclaimer that the church disputes many of the statements made in the program: Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) 1n (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something Hyper renunciation, repudiation rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid 2n denial of any connection with or knowledge of Syn|Hypo|Hyper disavowal abjuration, recantation, retraction a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion backdown, climb-down, withdrawala retraction of a previously held position denial the act of refusing to comply (as with a request) |
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