| 词汇 | confute |
| 释义 | confute verb[ T ] formaluk /kənˈfjuːt/ us /kənˈfjuːt/ to prove a person or an argument to be wrong反驳，驳斥；驳倒 Synonym disprove Proving and disproving acid test actions speak louder than wordsidiom anti-sexist attest authenticate demonstrably demonstration of something dispel disprove do justice to someone/somethingidiom non-evidence probatory proof positive provability provable verify vindicate vindication vindicative vindicatory How can the latter supposition be confuted? Neither anticipation was unreasonable, but the one was justified whilst the other was confuted by events. She considers in order the various claims to predominance which men have put forward, and confutes them one by one. The face which he puts upon it shall either confirm your suspicions or entirely confute them. There is no need to confute the theory, which confutes itself. Examples of confuteconfute Parliamentary right was sustained by an argument which, a generation earlier, might have been used to confute it. And the principles which he himself proceedeth on, do seem to border on, if not to be borrowed from his, and those which are here confuted. You can confute them by better ideas and by better action and by showing in practice the superiority of the democratic way of life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That seems to be an argument which completely confutes everything ever written by economists about the relationship between money and what is obtained for it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Statements at the time to this effect were neither confuted nor even contradicted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It confutes the critics who deny that such collaboration is possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is that really an argument which needs to be more than stated in order to be confuted? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The case has only to be stated in order to be confuted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am quite certain that every one of those contentions could be confuted by argument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No amount of dialectical argument and debate can confute that fact. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But experience has confuted these fears in every detail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Alas, those who believed that four years ago have been confuted by the course of events. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These figures, therefore, utterly confute the whole theme of their political attack. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You can confute them with better ideas and by better action, and by showing in practice the superiority of the democratic way of life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have seen things to confute prophecy and baffle imagination. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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