| 单词 | disclaim |
| 释义 | dis·claim I. archaic II. intransitive verb 1. 2. a. obsolete b. < Catherine colored, and disclaimed again — Jane Austen > 3. obsolete transitive verb 1. 2. < disclaimed any knowledge of the contents of the letter > : repudiate, disown < disclaimed the libelous pamphlet > < disclaiming any ill will toward him > 3. < disclaimed the charge that he received financial backing from oil interests > : deny, dispute < accords wisdom to his hands … but disclaims the wisdom of the heart — Ernest Ansermet > : renounce, repudiate < disclaimed the authority of the supreme pontiff > 4. archaic 5. a. of a herald b. Synonyms: < disclaim any responsibility for a crime > < the ordinary qualifications of the novelist, all pretension to which he entirely disclaims — Richard Garnett > < responded with characteristic modesty, disclaiming any right to special honor — D.G.Mandelbaum > < disclaim any intention of leaving > disavow is close to disclaim but usually applies to denial of responsibility for something besides refusal to accept or approve < this Court always had disavowed the right to intrude its judgment upon questions of policy or morals — O.W.Holmes †1935 > < the error of … putting forth in a permanent form work that I might subsequently wish to disavow — Havelock Ellis > < disavow the harsh materialism of mines and factories — Time > repudiate is usually to disclaim responsibility for what one has previously or implicitly acknowledged or accepted < a wise graduate student … accepted the degree for what it ostensibly stood for, and straightway repudiated everything it actually stood for — Bruce Dearing > < a law which everyone recognizes in fact, though everyone repudiates it in theory — G.L.Dickinson > disown implies repudiation of something with which one has previously stood in close relationship, often implying disinheritance or abjuration < Keith and his followers were disowned by the orthodox Quakers — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > < disown an erring son > < disown earlier obligations contracted in his name by friends > disacknowledge is milder than disown, usually applying to repudiation of something by denying any knowledge of it < disacknowledge any responsibility to the community > < disacknowledge a signature on a note > disallow implies the withholding or taking away of sanction or approval, sometimes implying rejection or condemnation < its duty of disallowing any proceedings which would infringe the rules of financial procedure — T.E.May > < if he is going to drive while intoxicated … his right to a driving license must be disallowed — Lucius Garvin > |
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