confute[kən'fju:t]

• vt.
  • 证明(某人)错误；驳倒(某人)：

    He confuted his opponents by facts and logic.

    他以事实及推理证明对手是错误的。

  • 证明(论据、证言等)为错误；驳倒：

    The lawyer confuted the testimony of the witness by showing actual photographs of the accident.

    律师出示那次事故的真实照片，驳倒了证人的证言。

  • [废语]使无用；毁灭
• 近义词:

  disprove

• 变形:

  vt.confuted.confuting