詞彙精選：refute的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
v.
反駁，駁斥；駁倒 [T]
例句：
Silence is one of the hardest things to refute.
沉默是最難駁斥的事物之一。
例句：
It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.
這是那種讓人根本沒法批駁的謠言。
二、詞義辨析：
contradict,deny,oppose,refute
這些動詞都含“否定，否認”，“反駁，反對”之意。contradict指肯定地否認、反對或反駁某事，堅持相反的意見。deny普通用詞，側重否認意見或言論的真實性，尤指否定他人的指控或責難。 oppose普通的廣泛用詞。指不作爭論或不提出論據而無理由地反對；也指任何溫和、有理由的反對或否定。refute語氣較強，強調憑推理或證據駁斥一項主張或言論。
三、參考例句：
You can easily refute his argument.
你可以輕易駁倒他的論據｡
Nothing could refute her testimony that the driver was drunk.
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Nothing could refute her testimony that the driver was drunk.
她關於那個司機已經喝醉的證詞無可辯駁。
The lawyer made good use of the favorable evidence to refute his counterpart's testimony.
律師充分利用大量的有利證據駁倒了對手的證詞。
He had hardly finished when someone rose to refute his points.
他還沒全說完，就有人起來反駁他的論點。
It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.
這是那種讓人根本沒法批駁的謠言。
The Premier League champions refute the claims and insist their signing Lampard purely for football reasons.
英超冠軍曼城拒絕這些說法，並堅持說簽下蘭帕德單純只是踢球目的。
