Definition of rebut in English:

rebut

verbrebutted, rebutting, rebuts rɪˈbʌtrəˈbət

[with object]

1Claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false.
反驳，驳回；驳斥（证据，指控）
he had to rebut charges of acting for the convenience of his political friends
对于指控他为政界朋友谋取便利，他只好予以反驳。
Example sentencesExamples
- One, a lawyer, makes detailed submissions rebutting the prosecution evidence.
- But he then denied the defence adequate opportunity to rebut the evidence and lowered the legal requirements necessary for the prosecution to prove its case.
- He also submits that if the report is not admitted then there is no evidence to rebut his claim for summary judgment with this latter submission.
- Cllr Gibbons rebutted these accusations, saying ‘I am not anti-development.’
- A lot of time is spent on rebutting accusations and counter-accusations at the expense of development.
- Therefore, you shouldn't take any steps against your former colleague that are not directly related to your effort to rebut the accusations.
- However, as Bartlett shows, the best evidence seems to rebut any claim of such a decline.
- It was not a situation where my clients could have, prior to her evidence, obtained a report to rebut that specific evidence that she gave.
- Why did you not immediately rebut the accusations and clear up the misunderstanding?
- It is extremely difficult for the local authorities to rebut such evidence.
- The respondent produced no evidence to rebut the claim for such relief and the learned trial judge, quite properly, attached significance to the failure.
- Prisoners and their lawyers have no opportunity to see or rebut the evidence.
- The Nationalists will now be able to claim independent authority when next they seek to rebut Labour's accusation that ‘divorce is an expensive business’.
- But last night she angrily rebutted the accusation she was copying Jolomo.
- Kifaya, for one, is more interested in promoting what it calls ‘political disobedience’ than rebutting accusations levelled against it.
- His success in rebutting the accusation was, he believes, pivotal in helping the regents and the rest of the university community understand the importance of academic freedom.
- This is in line with his clear attempt to rebut the accusation that nationalism is based on being anti-English.
- These presumptions or circumstances of evidence are readily rebutted by comparatively slight evidence.
- In those circumstances, as it seems to me, a high degree of specificity is called for if it is to be relied on as rebutting the claimant's evidence.
- Donegan is swift to rebut accusations of idealistic, bleeding - heart liberalism.
Synonyms
refute, deny, disprove, prove wrong, prove false
invalidate, negate, contradict, counter, discredit, give the lie to, drive a coach and horses through, quash, explode, shoot down, destroy
informal shoot full of holes, blow sky-high
rare controvert, confute, negative
2archaic Drive back or repel (a person or attack)
〈古〉击退（进攻）；制止（人）
but he … their sharp assault right boldly did rebut
Example sentencesExamples
- This process took several minutes, though he managed to keep his darker half in check at all times, rebutting him at every strike.
- Thus, on his account, my ‘zealous effort’ to rebut the authors I discuss harms the cause of peace.
- They don't rebut him by arguing either that cutbacks in the safety net will not happen or even that they're a good thing.
- Had Cleveland's message come sooner, perhaps his supporters might have had enough time to rebut the onslaught of attacks.
Synonyms
repel, drive back, drive away, fight back, fight off, put to flight, force back, beat off, beat back, push back, thrust back

Derivatives

rebuttable

adjective rɪˈbʌtəb(ə)lrəˈbədəb(ə)l

There was a presumption for life, but the presumption is rebuttable.
Example sentencesExamples
- If you regard a presumption as rebuttable, you are NOT following it dogmatically!
- Additionally, the bill will create a rebuttable presumption: If procedures are not physically documented in the audit documentation, the procedures were not performed.
- However, if the transfer is to a child… there is a rebuttable presumption of advancement or gift instead.
- The second test therefore uses a rebuttable presumption of intention.

Origin

Middle English (in the senses 'rebuke' and 'repulse'): from Anglo-Norman French rebuter, from Old French re- (expressing opposition) + boter 'to butt'. Sense 1 (originally a legal use) dates from the early 19th century.

Definition of rebut in US English:

rebut

verbrəˈbətrəˈbət

[with object]

1Claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false.
反驳，驳回；驳斥（证据，指控）
he had to rebut charges of acting for the convenience of his political friends
对于指控他为政界朋友谋取便利，他只好予以反驳。
Example sentencesExamples
- Why did you not immediately rebut the accusations and clear up the misunderstanding?
- This is in line with his clear attempt to rebut the accusation that nationalism is based on being anti-English.
- In those circumstances, as it seems to me, a high degree of specificity is called for if it is to be relied on as rebutting the claimant's evidence.
- The respondent produced no evidence to rebut the claim for such relief and the learned trial judge, quite properly, attached significance to the failure.
- Prisoners and their lawyers have no opportunity to see or rebut the evidence.
- But he then denied the defence adequate opportunity to rebut the evidence and lowered the legal requirements necessary for the prosecution to prove its case.
- The Nationalists will now be able to claim independent authority when next they seek to rebut Labour's accusation that ‘divorce is an expensive business’.
- But last night she angrily rebutted the accusation she was copying Jolomo.
- He also submits that if the report is not admitted then there is no evidence to rebut his claim for summary judgment with this latter submission.
- Therefore, you shouldn't take any steps against your former colleague that are not directly related to your effort to rebut the accusations.
- These presumptions or circumstances of evidence are readily rebutted by comparatively slight evidence.
- One, a lawyer, makes detailed submissions rebutting the prosecution evidence.
- It was not a situation where my clients could have, prior to her evidence, obtained a report to rebut that specific evidence that she gave.
- A lot of time is spent on rebutting accusations and counter-accusations at the expense of development.
- It is extremely difficult for the local authorities to rebut such evidence.
- Cllr Gibbons rebutted these accusations, saying ‘I am not anti-development.’
- However, as Bartlett shows, the best evidence seems to rebut any claim of such a decline.
- His success in rebutting the accusation was, he believes, pivotal in helping the regents and the rest of the university community understand the importance of academic freedom.
- Kifaya, for one, is more interested in promoting what it calls ‘political disobedience’ than rebutting accusations levelled against it.
- Donegan is swift to rebut accusations of idealistic, bleeding - heart liberalism.
Synonyms
refute, deny, disprove, prove wrong, prove false
2archaic Drive back or repel (a person or attack).
〈古〉击退（进攻）；制止（人）
Example sentencesExamples
- Had Cleveland's message come sooner, perhaps his supporters might have had enough time to rebut the onslaught of attacks.
- Thus, on his account, my ‘zealous effort’ to rebut the authors I discuss harms the cause of peace.
- They don't rebut him by arguing either that cutbacks in the safety net will not happen or even that they're a good thing.
- This process took several minutes, though he managed to keep his darker half in check at all times, rebutting him at every strike.
Synonyms
repel, drive back, drive away, fight back, fight off, put to flight, force back, beat off, beat back, push back, thrust back

Origin

Middle English (in the senses ‘rebuke’ and ‘repulse’): from Anglo-Norman French rebuter, from Old French re- (expressing opposition) + boter ‘to butt’. Sense 1 (originally a legal use) dates from the early 19th century.

单词	rebut
释义	Definition of rebut in English: rebut verbrebutted, rebutting, rebuts rɪˈbʌtrəˈbət [with object] 1Claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false. 反驳，驳回；驳斥（证据，指控） he had to rebut charges of acting for the convenience of his political friends 对于指控他为政界朋友谋取便利，他只好予以反驳。 Example sentencesExamples One, a lawyer, makes detailed submissions rebutting the prosecution evidence. But he then denied the defence adequate opportunity to rebut the evidence and lowered the legal requirements necessary for the prosecution to prove its case. He also submits that if the report is not admitted then there is no evidence to rebut his claim for summary judgment with this latter submission. Cllr Gibbons rebutted these accusations, saying ‘I am not anti-development.’ A lot of time is spent on rebutting accusations and counter-accusations at the expense of development. Therefore, you shouldn't take any steps against your former colleague that are not directly related to your effort to rebut the accusations. However, as Bartlett shows, the best evidence seems to rebut any claim of such a decline. It was not a situation where my clients could have, prior to her evidence, obtained a report to rebut that specific evidence that she gave. Why did you not immediately rebut the accusations and clear up the misunderstanding? It is extremely difficult for the local authorities to rebut such evidence. The respondent produced no evidence to rebut the claim for such relief and the learned trial judge, quite properly, attached significance to the failure. Prisoners and their lawyers have no opportunity to see or rebut the evidence. The Nationalists will now be able to claim independent authority when next they seek to rebut Labour's accusation that ‘divorce is an expensive business’. But last night she angrily rebutted the accusation she was copying Jolomo. Kifaya, for one, is more interested in promoting what it calls ‘political disobedience’ than rebutting accusations levelled against it. His success in rebutting the accusation was, he believes, pivotal in helping the regents and the rest of the university community understand the importance of academic freedom. This is in line with his clear attempt to rebut the accusation that nationalism is based on being anti-English. These presumptions or circumstances of evidence are readily rebutted by comparatively slight evidence. In those circumstances, as it seems to me, a high degree of specificity is called for if it is to be relied on as rebutting the claimant's evidence. Donegan is swift to rebut accusations of idealistic, bleeding - heart liberalism. Synonyms refute, deny, disprove, prove wrong, prove false invalidate, negate, contradict, counter, discredit, give the lie to, drive a coach and horses through, quash, explode, shoot down, destroy informal shoot full of holes, blow sky-high rare controvert, confute, negative 2archaic Drive back or repel (a person or attack) 〈古〉击退（进攻）；制止（人） but he … their sharp assault right boldly did rebut Example sentencesExamples This process took several minutes, though he managed to keep his darker half in check at all times, rebutting him at every strike. Thus, on his account, my ‘zealous effort’ to rebut the authors I discuss harms the cause of peace. They don't rebut him by arguing either that cutbacks in the safety net will not happen or even that they're a good thing. Had Cleveland's message come sooner, perhaps his supporters might have had enough time to rebut the onslaught of attacks. Synonyms repel, drive back, drive away, fight back, fight off, put to flight, force back, beat off, beat back, push back, thrust back Derivatives rebuttable adjective rɪˈbʌtəb(ə)lrəˈbədəb(ə)l There was a presumption for life, but the presumption is rebuttable. Example sentencesExamples If you regard a presumption as rebuttable, you are NOT following it dogmatically! Additionally, the bill will create a rebuttable presumption: If procedures are not physically documented in the audit documentation, the procedures were not performed. However, if the transfer is to a child… there is a rebuttable presumption of advancement or gift instead. The second test therefore uses a rebuttable presumption of intention. Origin Middle English (in the senses 'rebuke' and 'repulse'): from Anglo-Norman French rebuter, from Old French re- (expressing opposition) + boter 'to butt'. Sense 1 (originally a legal use) dates from the early 19th century. Definition of rebut in US English: rebut verbrəˈbətrəˈbət [with object] 1Claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false. 反驳，驳回；驳斥（证据，指控） he had to rebut charges of acting for the convenience of his political friends 对于指控他为政界朋友谋取便利，他只好予以反驳。 Example sentencesExamples Why did you not immediately rebut the accusations and clear up the misunderstanding? This is in line with his clear attempt to rebut the accusation that nationalism is based on being anti-English. In those circumstances, as it seems to me, a high degree of specificity is called for if it is to be relied on as rebutting the claimant's evidence. The respondent produced no evidence to rebut the claim for such relief and the learned trial judge, quite properly, attached significance to the failure. Prisoners and their lawyers have no opportunity to see or rebut the evidence. But he then denied the defence adequate opportunity to rebut the evidence and lowered the legal requirements necessary for the prosecution to prove its case. The Nationalists will now be able to claim independent authority when next they seek to rebut Labour's accusation that ‘divorce is an expensive business’. But last night she angrily rebutted the accusation she was copying Jolomo. He also submits that if the report is not admitted then there is no evidence to rebut his claim for summary judgment with this latter submission. Therefore, you shouldn't take any steps against your former colleague that are not directly related to your effort to rebut the accusations. These presumptions or circumstances of evidence are readily rebutted by comparatively slight evidence. One, a lawyer, makes detailed submissions rebutting the prosecution evidence. It was not a situation where my clients could have, prior to her evidence, obtained a report to rebut that specific evidence that she gave. A lot of time is spent on rebutting accusations and counter-accusations at the expense of development. It is extremely difficult for the local authorities to rebut such evidence. Cllr Gibbons rebutted these accusations, saying ‘I am not anti-development.’ However, as Bartlett shows, the best evidence seems to rebut any claim of such a decline. His success in rebutting the accusation was, he believes, pivotal in helping the regents and the rest of the university community understand the importance of academic freedom. Kifaya, for one, is more interested in promoting what it calls ‘political disobedience’ than rebutting accusations levelled against it. Donegan is swift to rebut accusations of idealistic, bleeding - heart liberalism. Synonyms refute, deny, disprove, prove wrong, prove false 2archaic Drive back or repel (a person or attack). 〈古〉击退（进攻）；制止（人） Example sentencesExamples Had Cleveland's message come sooner, perhaps his supporters might have had enough time to rebut the onslaught of attacks. Thus, on his account, my ‘zealous effort’ to rebut the authors I discuss harms the cause of peace. They don't rebut him by arguing either that cutbacks in the safety net will not happen or even that they're a good thing. This process took several minutes, though he managed to keep his darker half in check at all times, rebutting him at every strike. Synonyms repel, drive back, drive away, fight back, fight off, put to flight, force back, beat off, beat back, push back, thrust back Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘rebuke’ and ‘repulse’): from Anglo-Norman French rebuter, from Old French re- (expressing opposition) + boter ‘to butt’. Sense 1 (originally a legal use) dates from the early 19th century.
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