myth-buster
noun[C]
informal(alsomyth buster);(USalsomythbuster)uk/ˈmɪθˌbʌs.tər/us/ˈmɪθˌbʌs.tɚ/aperson,book, etc. thatshowsthat somethinggenerallythoughtto betrueis not, infact,true, or is different from how it is usuallydescribed:
纠正错误看法的人（或事物）；打破神话的人（或事物）；破除流言的人（或事物）He isknownin Civil Warcirclesas a myth-buster - athoroughresearcherwhotakesfreshperspectivesontraditionalconclusions.在研究美国内战的圈子里，他被认为是一位打破神话的人，即一个对传统结论采取全新视角的深入研究者。
Heseeshimself as amythbuster, and haslongarguedthateconomiceventsaremisunderstood.他认为自己是一名流言终结者，长期以来一直主张经济事件被误解了。
- Levy'sbookis a myth-buster thatsticksto thefactsabout Crockett'slife,includinghisdarkside.
- "Thisstudyis a myth-buster," Robert Lynch,presidentandchiefexecutiveofAmericansfor theArts, said in astatement.
- Thebookis anengaging,wittyglimpseintoNorthAmerica'sfounding,parttravelog,parthistorylesson,partmythbuster.
Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- abnegation
- apparently
- backtrack
- bubble
- burstsomeone'sbubbleidiom
- contradict
- counter-argue
- Dutchman
- fly
- fly in the face ofsomethingidiom
- in the same breathidiom
- rebuttal
- recantation
- refutation
- self-contradictory
- speak
- standsomethingonitsheadidiom
- tergiversation
- unadmitted