oppugn
verb[T]
formaluk/əˈpjuːn/us/əˈpjuːn/to say that you do notthinksomething istrue, or that it might not betrue:
对…提出质疑；对…提出怀疑Manypeopleoppugned hisopinion.许多人对他的观点提出了质疑。
Truth is neverbetterclearedthan when it is oppugned andcontradicted.真相在受到质疑和反驳时，会变得更加清晰。
- No one would havereasonablyoppugnedtheiropinion.
- She had theaudacityto oppugn theconclusionsof herdepartmenthead.
- Though oppugned, thisdoctrineis asstableandimpregnableas that of the earth'smotion.
Suspecting & questioning
- ask
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- call into questionidiom
- challenge
- cynical
- cynically
- cynicism
- doubt
- doubter
- doubting Thomas
- fisking
- niggle
- qualm
- reserve
- sceptically
- self-doubt
- skeptic
- smell a ratidiom
- suspicion
- suspicious