myth-busting
adjective
informal(alsomyth busting);(USalsomythbusting)uk/ˈmɪθˌbʌs.tɪŋ/us/ˈmɪθˌbʌs.tɪŋ/saying orshowingthat somethinggenerallythoughtto betrueis not, infact,true, or is different from how it is usuallydescribed:
纠正错误看法的；打破神话的；破除流言的Her myth-bustingpostsincludeausefulreminderthat the Bestseller List is NOTdirectlybasedonsales.她发了很多纠正误解的帖子，其中一条提醒我们，畅销书排行榜并非是直接基于销量的。
The "mythbusting"unithas beenformedtoquellimmigrationfears.为了平息移民恐慌，成立了“破除流言”小组。
- TheDepartmentof Health haslauncheda myth-bustingcampaigntotellpeoplethere's no such thing as ahealthytan.
- This just in from the myth-bustingdepartment:RomanCatholicteensfeelno moreguiltythan other USteenagers.
- This is arenownedmyth-bustingwebsitethat's the firstplaceto go when youwanturbanmythsexposed.
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
myth-busting
noun[U]
informal(alsomyth busting)uk/ˈmɪθˌbʌs.tɪŋ/us/ˈmɪθˌbʌs.tɪŋ/theactof saying orshowingthat somethinggenerallythoughtto betrueis not, infact,true, or is different from how it is usuallydescribed:
纠正错误看法；打破神话；破除流言Thisshowssome of the myth-bustingcarriedout byhistoriansover the pastcenturyagainst theVictorianfantasyof Camelot.这显示了过去一个世纪以来历史学家针对维多利亚时代的卡米洛特幻想所进行的一些纠正错误解的做法。
Councils have already donelotsof "mythbusting" overfundingdistributionand theimpactofimmigration.在资金分配和移民影响方面，议会已经做了很多 "辟谣"的工作。
- Busyscholarsinrecentyearshave done abitof myth-busting,accordingtobackgroundmaterialhelpfullyprovidedby the Folger Shakespeare Library.
- They haveassignedpublicrelationsofficersto thethanklesstaskof myth-busting.
- Theaimof theclosingceremonieswas to have somefun,pokingfunatCanadianstereotypes, and doing some "mythbusting".
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