disproved
past simple and past participle ofdisprove
| 单词 | disproved |
| 释义 | disproved past simple and past participle ofdisprove disprove verb[T] uk/dɪˈspruːv/us/dɪˈspruːv/toprovethat something is nottrue: Theallegationshave been disproved. Synonym confuteformal Opposites demonstrate establish prove show Proving and disproving
Examplesofdisproveddisproved In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It hasdisprovedthe notion that elderly patients cannot understand a philosophical concept such as existential well-being. From theCambridge English Corpus In the end it could neither be proved nordisproved. From theCambridge English Corpus This is an existence statement which can only bedisprovedif we fail to find a single supporting case. From theCambridge English Corpus This possibility can neither be proved nordisproved, as to our knowledge, no data are available for goldfish. From theCambridge English Corpus In so doing, they havedisprovedsuch false ideas as spontaneous generation while enhancing the correct notion of a divine purposeful creation. From theCambridge English Corpus However, given the absence of clear and established norms, at present this cannot be proved ordisprovedconclusively. From theCambridge English Corpus If this hypothesis was not entirelydisproved, what transpired in the wake of the lifting of prohibition was inevitably more complex. From theCambridge English Corpus It was argued here that the fear dysfunction accounts, as they are currently specified, have been effectivelydisproved. From theCambridge English Corpus The latter assumption is purely speculative and can neither be proved nordisprovedat present. From theCambridge English Corpus However, there is no clear pattern and thus the hypothesis stated was neither confirmed nordisprovedby the results of this literature review. From theCambridge English Corpus It proceeds from the evidence to the hypothesis, the latter being proved ordisprovedby the evidence. From theCambridge English Corpus Older fears of a negative impact on recurrence risk or cancer detection after breast reconstruction have beendisproved. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, the lack of an effect of context per se on on-line control would seem to bedisprovedby these studies. From theCambridge English Corpus Instead, all possible models under operating conditions that are notdisprovedare constructed and simulated. From theCambridge English Corpus Middendorffdisprovedsuch a view: while steppes came into being due to dryness, tundra came into existence because of the lack of warmth. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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