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词汇 debunked
释义 debunked
past simple and past participle ofdebunk
debunk
verb[ T ]
 informaluk /ˌdiːˈbʌŋk/ us /ˌdiːˈbʌŋk/
to show that something is less important, less good, or less true than it has been made to appear: 驳斥;揭穿,揭露…的真相
The writer's aim was to debunk the myth that had grown up around the actress.作者的目的是为了揭穿围绕这位女演员的种种传闻。
Synonym
expose
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Denying & contradicting
abnegate
abnegation
apparently
breath
bubble
burst someone's bubbleidiom
contradictorily
counter-argue
debunk
dispute
I'm a Dutchmanidiom
myth-buster
myth-busting
non-acceptance
non-recognition
nonsense
oxymoron
recant
refute
speak for yourselfidiom

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debunked

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


However, this view of identity has been extensively debunked in both early and recent sociolinguistic research, and especially in scholarship on language, gender, and sexuality.
It is the first and third of these factors that can be most easily debunked.
So many things have been criticized, so many beliefs debunked, that some critical thinkers believe they have entered the postmodern realm of virtuality.
The argument is persuasively made, and it is to be hoped that this pair of authors reap something like the financial rewards of those whom they have so patiently debunked.
The upshot of this section is that we have once again debunked several arguments that might be construed as proving that genetic enhancement is inherently wrong.
It is high time that this idea was completely debunked.
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That will not be easy, and it will require a number of myths to be debunked.
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As a result, the myth that we live in a safe society and a safe country ought to be debunked.
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He denigrated the defence of the country, he said how futile it was, and he debunked the whole approach of some of us to defence.
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All the talk about decentralisation of the nationalised industries has been so much bunk and has been debunked.
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This is a new theory and the sooner it is debunked the better.
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It is time that we debunked this idea of the impartiality of the law.
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It is sad that heroes are constantly debunked.
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That is a piece of nonsense that needs debunking, and the sooner it is debunked in our society the better.
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Some of the claims that have been made about cancer in the area of nuclear power stations, of children suffering from leukaemia in those areas, have been debunked by figures.
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