disavow

FREQ #37387

vt. 否认, 否定, 拒绝对...承担责任 [法] 不承认, 抵赖, 拒绝对...承担责任

发音

US /dɪsəˈvaʊ/
AU /dɪsəˈvaʊ/

词形变化

disavowed disavowest disavoweth disavowing disavows 三单 disavows disavowing 现在分词 disavowed 过去式 disavowed 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.

    及物

    He was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime.

  2. 2.

    To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind.

    及物

    Because of her dissatisfaction, she now disavows the merits of socialism.

词汇关系

动词

反义词 1

avow

上位词 1

deny

下位词 1

deny

词源

From dis- + avow, or from Old French desavouer.

来源：wiktionary