Repudiate
[ rɪ'pjudɪet ]
其它 Other
vt. （正式地）否认;拒绝接受;拒绝与…往来;拒不履行（法律义务）;
💡 词根助记
re反+pudi感到羞耻+ate使→反过来让对方羞耻→拒绝，抛弃
📝 例句
He will indignantly repudiate the suggestion.
他会气愤地拒绝接受这一意见。
repudiate a debt
赖债
He declined to repudiate violence.
他拒绝谴责暴力。
repudiate a gift [suggestion]
拒绝接受礼物 [建议]
repudiate a BriBe
拒绝受贿
🌱 联想助记
re 反 + pudency 羞怯, 害羞→<女人>不害臊做了不道德的事，就休之；re + 音：扑蝶，古有为恋人化蝶，这反而扑打蝴蝶，这是要抛弃不要配偶的意思
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
repudiate
v[Tn]
1 refuse to have any more to do with (sb); disown 与（某人）断绝来往; 否认...是自己的
repudiate a son, lover, former friend, etc 与儿子、 情人、 旧友等断绝关系.
2
(a) refuse to accept or acknowledge (sth); reject 拒绝接受或承认（某事物）; 回绝
repudiate a charge, view, claim, suggestion 拒绝一项指控、 一种观点、 一项权利要求、 一项建议
He utterly repudiated my offer of friendship. 他完全拒绝接受我的友好表示.
(b) refuse to abide by (the ruling of an authority or an agreement) 拒不服从（权威）; 拒不遵守（协议）
He repudiated the court's decision to offer bail. 他不接受法庭的保释裁决.
repudiate a treaty, contract, vow, etc 不履行条约、 合同、 誓约等.
3 refuse to discharge (a debt or an obligation) 拒绝偿付（债款）; 拒不履行（义务）.
🔁 扩展释义
*[ri'pju:dieit]vt. 声明离婚, 拒绝, 拒付, 拒绝履行【经】 拒付(公债,国债等)
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We cannot change a law.
我们不能变更法律。
Both Maori and Pacifice Islanders are encouraged to use their own languages.
政府鼓励毛利人与太平洋岛民使用他们自己的语言。
She instructed in her will that if that were to happen, all the money should go to an organization for helping the blind called Helping Hand.
于是她在遗嘱中指示如果此事发生，这笔钱应该全部捐献给一个名叫'援助之手'的盲人救济组织。