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单词 rebut
释义 re·but
\rə̇ˈbət, -rēˈ-, usu -əd.+V\ verb
(rebutted ; rebutted ; rebutting ; rebuts)
Etymology: Middle English rebuten, from Old French reboter, from re- + boter to butt, thrust — more at butt
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to drive or beat back : repulse
  < this mare … took no interest in the horse and … she did not rebut him either — Henry Wynmalen >
 b. : to check the advance or influence of : repel
  < luckily a few pictures in the house to rebut a despairing mood — Sacheverell Sitwell >
2.
 a. : to contradict, meet, or oppose by formal legal argument, plea, or countervailing proof
  < where evidence is offered to rebut presumption against suicide, presumption disappears — Detroit Law Journal >
 b. : to expose the falsity of : contradict, refute
  < rebut my contention that something cannot be done by doing it — F.H.Cleobury >
  < in her first sentence she rebuts the long-accepted dictum that Africa is a continent without a history — D.H.Jones >
intransitive verb
: to make or put in an answer or counter proof (as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder) : make a rebuttal
Synonyms: see disprove
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