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make (a) nonsense of something
idiomUK
C2
to make something appear stupid or wrong, or to spoil something: 使…显得荒谬;把…搞砸
His repeated lack of promotion makes nonsense of the theory that if you work hard you'll be successful.他屡屡得不到提升，这让“只要努力就会成功”的理论成了无稽之谈。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Denying & contradicting
abnegate
abnegation
breath
burst someone's bubbleidiom
contradictorily
counter-argue
debunk
deny
disabuse
disagree
dispute
I'm a Dutchmanidiom
myth-buster
myth-busting
non-acceptance
non-recognition
nonsense
recant
refute
speak for yourselfidiom
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Damaging and spoiling
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