disabuse
verb[T]
formaluk/ˌdɪs.əˈbjuːz/us/ˌdɪs.əˈbjuːz/tocausesomeone nolongerto have awrongidea:
使改变想法;使消除误解Hethoughtthat all womenlikedchildren, but shesoondisabused himofthat (idea/notion).他以为女人都喜欢孩子,但她很快就让他改变了这种看法。
Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- abnegation
- apparently
- backtrack
- bubble
- burstsomeone'sbubbleidiom
- contradict
- counter-argue
- Dutchman
- fly
- fly in the face ofsomethingidiom
- in the same breathidiom
- oxymoronic
- rebuttal
- recantation
- refutation
- self-contradictory
- speak
- standsomethingonitsheadidiom
- tergiversation
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