debunking

英 [ˌdiːˈbʌŋkɪŋ]

美 [ˌdiːˈbʌŋkɪŋ]

v.  批判; 驳斥; 揭穿…的真相
debunk的现在分词

COCA.38808

柯林斯词典

• VERB 指出…的错误;揭穿…的吹嘘（或虚假）
  If youdebunka widely held belief, you show that it is false. If youdebunksomething that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is.
  1. Historian Michael Beschloss debunks a few myths.
     历史学家迈克尔·贝施洛斯破除了几个不实传言。
  2. ...the Frenchmen of the enlightenment who debunked the church and the crown.
     揭露教会和王室真相的启蒙运动时期的法国人

英英释义

noun

• the exposure of falseness or pretensions
  1. the debunking of religion has been too successful
  Synonym:repudiation

双语例句

• As a science journalist with a regular column in Scientific American, Jeremy Marsh specializes in debunking the supernatural.
  杰里米·马什是《科学美国人》的记者，负责杂志中一个神秘现象揭密的栏目。
• We're debunking that myth as well with these findings.
  研究正是要推翻这一误解。
• In recent years, leading business schools have made efforts to woo women-recruiting students at undergraduate level, hosting conferences for prospective applicants headlined by female role models and hiring dedicated admissions staff charged with debunking myths about male-dominated MBA programmes.
  近几年来，著名商学院一直在努力吸引女性：招录本科生；举行以女性榜样人物为主角的招生会；聘请敬业的招生工作人员来打破男性主导mba课程的神话。
• The debunking of religion has been too successful.
  关于宗教的批判太成功了。
• High school, and university for that matter, is what you make of it, and after debunking these negative myths from high school, I wish you have the best university years to come.
  高中，大学也一样，关键在于你怎么做。在我们揭穿这些高中的“潜规则”之后，我希望大家有一段美好的大学生活。
• The task was to cross-sell the packages to current passengers debunking the perception that traveling with Malaysia Airlines is expensive.
  这项任务是将打包的优惠交叉销售给当前的旅客，改变人们认为的乘坐马来西亚航班很昂贵的观点。
• Following the recent emergence of studies finding high levels of coronary plaque in marathon runners, sports medicine is debunking the myth that distance running confers near-absolute protection against heart disease.
  新近诸多研究发现马拉松选手的冠状动脉斑块水平偏高后，运动医学界正在打破这样一种误解：长跑会对心脏病起到一种近乎绝对的防护作用。
• Last year, Time magazine published an article debunking the merits of homeownership, while federal policymakers began wondering if many might have been financially better off renting versus buying.
  《时代》杂志（Time）去年刊登了一篇文章，戳穿了买房有理的迷思。而美国的决策层也开始怀疑，对于许多人来说，租房是不是要比买房更划算。
• Men are more likely than women to marry someone they feel is not quite right for them, debunking the myth that women will do anything for a ring and that men, on the other hand, will do anything to shun commitment.
  男人其实比女人更能接受不是很有感觉的人作为自己的结婚对象，这打破了女人愿为结婚做任何事，而男人会不惜一切逃避婚姻承诺的不实传言。
• Much of the work of social scientists studying crime and delinquency leads to the debunking of common place myths.
  研究犯罪和违法的社会科学家作了许多工作，从而证明了一些陈腐说法的谬误。