confute
英 [k?n'fju?t]
美[k?n'fjut]
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?confutes;過去式:?confuted;過去分詞:?confuted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?confuting;
中文詞源
confute 駁倒con-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-fut, 擊，打，詞源同beat, refute. 即對(duì)打的，駁斥的。
英文詞源
- confute
- confute: see beat
- confute (v.)
- 1520s, from Middle French confuter, from Latin confutare "repress, check; disprove, restrain, silence," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + *futare "to beat," from PIE root *bhau- "to strike, beat" (see batter (v.)). Related: Confuted; confuting.
雙語例句
- 1. He was unable to confute the debater.
- 他未能駁倒對(duì)方的辯論者.
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