repudiate

Word family adjectiverepudiablerepudiativenounrepudiationrepudiationistrepudiatorverbrepudiate

re·pu·di·ate /rɪˈpjuːdieɪt/ verb [transitiveT] formal

1 REJECT/NOT ACCEPTto refuse to accept or continue with something 拒绝 SYN reject

He repudiated all offers of friendship.

他拒绝任何人给他的友谊。

2 UNTRUEto state or show that something is not true or correct 否认；驳斥

The book repudiates the racist stereotypes about black women.

书中驳斥了种族主义者眼中黑人妇女的模式化形象。

—repudiation /rɪˌpjuːdiˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

repudiate• The book repudiates all the racist stereotypes about black women.• The expenditure was subsequently repudiated by the Colonial Office and the villa was turned into a fine hotel with a station alongside.• Despite being repudiated, condemned and persecuted, Nazarean teachings continued to survive, for much longer than is generally suspected.• The racial challenge could not be either repudiated or accommodated without sacrificing cherished beliefs.• Craxi repudiated the allegations and Chiesa himself subsequently claimed that his own testimony to magistrates had been distorted.• He fails to persuade Hindus to repudiate the divisive and unjust social caste system.• No answer was offered by Freud about why men and women seem to repudiate the feminine.• Government officials were urged to repudiate the treaty.

From Longman Business Dictionary

repudiatere·pu·di·ate /rɪˈpjuːdieɪt/ verb [transitiveT]

LAW to state that a contract, agreement, sale etc is no longer effective

This would be a breach of a condition which would enable the hirer to repudiate the contract.

Origin repudiate

(1500-1600) Latin past participle of repudiare “to end a marriage”, from repudium “divorce”

词汇	repudiate
释义	repudiate Word family adjectiverepudiablerepudiativenounrepudiationrepudiationistrepudiatorverbrepudiate re·pu·di·ate /rɪˈpjuːdieɪt/ verb [transitiveT] formal 1 REJECT/NOT ACCEPTto refuse to accept or continue with something 拒绝 SYN reject He repudiated all offers of friendship. 他拒绝任何人给他的友谊。 2 UNTRUEto state or show that something is not true or correct 否认；驳斥 The book repudiates the racist stereotypes about black women. 书中驳斥了种族主义者眼中黑人妇女的模式化形象。 —repudiation /rɪˌpjuːdiˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus repudiate• The book repudiates all the racist stereotypes about black women.• The expenditure was subsequently repudiated by the Colonial Office and the villa was turned into a fine hotel with a station alongside.• Despite being repudiated, condemned and persecuted, Nazarean teachings continued to survive, for much longer than is generally suspected.• The racial challenge could not be either repudiated or accommodated without sacrificing cherished beliefs.• Craxi repudiated the allegations and Chiesa himself subsequently claimed that his own testimony to magistrates had been distorted.• He fails to persuade Hindus to repudiate the divisive and unjust social caste system.• No answer was offered by Freud about why men and women seem to repudiate the feminine.• Government officials were urged to repudiate the treaty. From Longman Business Dictionary repudiatere·pu·di·ate /rɪˈpjuːdieɪt/ verb [transitiveT] LAW to state that a contract, agreement, sale etc is no longer effective This would be a breach of a condition which would enable the hirer to repudiate the contract. Origin repudiate (1500-1600) Latin past participle of repudiare “to end a marriage”, from repudium “divorce”
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