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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Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.
官员们过去总是搞不清埃利斯岛过境人员的外国姓名，因为他们非常繁忙，所以在过境的人蜂拥而至的时候，许多人的姓名都被更改了。
My teacher's gifted instruction lived on after her death.
我的教师逝世后，她宝贵的教诲仍继续长存。
The wagging dance of the honey bee, therefore, did show the direction of a feeding place.
如果喂食地点背离太阳，摇摆舞的直线部分就朝下。因此，蜜蜂的摇摆舞的确表示喂食点的方向。