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词汇 oppugn
释义 oppugn
verb[ T ]
 formaluk /əˈpjuːn/ us /əˈpjuːn/
to say that you do not think something is true, or that it might not be true: 对…提出质疑;对…提出怀疑
Many people oppugned his opinion.许多人对他的观点提出了质疑。
Truth is never better cleared than when it is oppugned and contradicted.真相在受到质疑和反驳时,会变得更加清晰。
No one would have reasonably oppugned their opinion.
She had the audacity to oppugn the conclusions of her department head.
Though oppugned, this doctrine is as stable and impregnable as that of the earth's motion.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Suspecting & questioning
ask questions of someone/somethingidiom
challenge
challengingly
cynic
cynical about someone/something
cynically
cynicism
doubt
interrogate
query
reserve
sceptical
scepticism
skeptic
skeptical
skeptically
suspect
suspected
suspiciously
unchallengeable

Examples of oppugn


oppugn
Either, therefore, he who oppugns incorporeal quality seems also to oppugn unqualified matter; or separating the one from the other, he mutually parts them both.
From Project Gutenberg
A skeptic can only doubt, never oppugn the gospel.
From Project Gutenberg
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