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词汇 disabusing
释义 disabusing
present participle ofdisabuse
disabuse
verb[ T ]
 formaluk /ˌdɪs.əˈbjuːz/ us /ˌdɪs.əˈbjuːz/
to cause someone no longer to have a wrong idea: 使改变想法;使消除误解
He thought that all women liked children, but she soon disabused him of that (idea/notion).他以为女人都喜欢孩子,但她很快就让他改变了这种看法。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Denying & contradicting
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apparently
breath
bubble
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contradictorily
counter-argue
debunk
dispute
I'm a Dutchmanidiom
myth-buster
myth-busting
non-acceptance
non-recognition
nonsense
oxymoron
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speak for yourselfidiom

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Examples of disabusing


disabusing

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


Disabusing someone of a threat should result in the disappearance of potentially damaging distress, but simply correcting one's beliefs does not similarly protect against physical injury.
I suspect that his dealing with it will be very much on the lines of disabusing these bodies' fears.
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Disabusing people of that misapprehension would help, as the delivery of polling cards is often even less efficient than the organisation of the register.
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The lawyers had better start disabusing their minds.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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