| 释义 |
re·pu·di·ate /rɪˈpjuːdɪeɪt/
vt.
1. 拒绝；拒绝接受(或履行)；(尤指政府当局)拒绝清偿(公债等)
repudiate a claim 拒绝一项权利要求
repudiate sb.'s authority 拒不服从某人的权威
repudiate offers of friendship 拒绝接受(别人的)友好表示
Congress repudiated the treaty that the President had negotiated. 国会拒绝批准总统已商定的条约。
repudiate an obligation (a debt) 拒绝履行义务(清偿债务)
2. 否认，否定；驳斥，批驳
a terrorist who has never repudiated his past 从不与自己过去的经历一刀两断的恐怖主义分子
He declined to repudiate violence. 他拒绝谴责暴力。
repudiate a will 否定遗嘱
repudiate an imputation (a charge) 驳斥诋毁言论(指控罪名)
repudiate a new doctrine 批判一种新的学说
3. 声明与…脱离关系，声明与…断绝往来；声明休(妻)
repudiate a wicked son 声明与劣子脱离关系
repudiate an old friend 与老朋友绝交
repudiate one's barren wife 声明与不育的妻子离婚
[< L repudiāre to put away, divorce < repudium separation, divorce <RE- + pudēre to be ashamed] |