repudiate
repudiate 英 [rɪˈpju:dieɪt] 美 [rɪˈpjudiˌeɪt]
vt. 拒绝；否定；批判；与…断绝关系；拒付
进行时:repudiating 过去式:repudiated 过去分词:repudiated 第三人称单数:repudiates
- To repudiate something is to reject it, or to refuse to accept or support it. If you grow up religious, but repudiate all organized religion as an adult, you might start spending holidays at the movies, or just going to work.
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- vt. 拒绝；否定；批判；与…断绝关系；拒付
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1. Henry then appealed to Pope Alexander IV for dispensation to repudiate both provisions.
后来，亨利向教皇亚历山大请求在法律上否定这两个条款。
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2. The implication was clear: he will repudiate and reverse security measures that many have criticized as breaches of our constitution and of the rule of law.
言外之意很清楚：他会否定和重新制定国家安全措施，因为这些措施被许多人批评为违背了我们的宪法和法律。
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3. The rise of urban lit does not repudiate the black literary past, but it does suggest other ways and means of producing black literature and other ends for it as well.
贫民区文学的兴起并不否定过去的黑人文学，而是建议用其他办法来造就黑人文学并达到其他目的。
- repudiate (v.) 1540s, "to cast off by divorce," from Latin repudiatus, past participle of repudiare "to cast off, put away, divorce, reject, scorn, disdain," from repudium "divorce, rejection, a putting away, dissolution of marriage," from re- "back, away" (see re-) + pudium, which is probably related to pes/ped- "foot" [Barnhart]. If this is so, the original notion may be of kicking something away, but folk etymology commonly connects it with pudere "cause shame to." Of opinions, conduct, etc., "to refuse to acknowledge," attested from 1824. Earliest in English as an adjective meaning "divorced, rejected, condemned" (mid-15c.). Related: Repudiated; repudiating.
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