| 单词 | rebuttal |
| 释义 | rebuttal (once / 9728 pages) n When two people debate, one of them makes an argument, and the other follows with a rebuttal, which, plainly put, is the "no, you're wrong and this is why" argument. We often associate rebuttals with arguments made in the courtroom or public debates that occur around election time, but the word can really apply to any situation in which an argument is put forth and someone disagrees, and explains why. Sports fans, for instance, like to argue about the likely winner of an upcoming game and when you make a case for why your friend is wrong, you are offering a rebuttal of his argument. WORD FAMILYrebuttal: rebuttals+/rebut: rebuts, rebuttal, rebutted, rebutter, rebutting/rebutter: rebutters USAGE EXAMPLESMills met this swift rebuttal of his nostalgia with a game smile. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The letter was a rebuttal to one sent this month by mostly-Republican officials in 24 states. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) IHS consulting recently released a rebuttal to this “carbon bubble” babble, and the dismantling deserves more attention. Wall Street Journal(Dec 09, 2016) 1n the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument Hyper defence, defense, refutation the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions 2n (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder Syn|Hyper rebutter pleading (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding |
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