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单词 refutation
释义
refutation
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/ˌref.juˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌref.jəˈteɪ.ʃən/
theactof saying orprovingthat aperson,statement,opinion, etc. iswrongorfalse:
（对他人、言论、观点的）驳斥，批驳
Shepublisheda refutation in thenewspaperstwodayslater.两天后，她在报纸上发表了反驳的文章。
Here is asimplerefutation of thatargument.下面是对这一论点的简洁的驳斥。
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(Definition ofrefutationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrefutation

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But the argument from selectiverefutationcan be misleading when it causes us to fail to notice that the surviving hypothesis has its own defects.
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The above discussion does not constitute arefutationof the empirical argument or sceptical theism, let alone of both.
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The case we have before us stands as a vividrefutationof their claim that scientific standards of theory evaluation are immutable.
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It will provide useful and handy refutations of the oversimplified accounts that have often been peddled.
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This intuition is exploited by top-down techniques which only consider atoms necessary to answer the current query and outperform model generators used forrefutation.
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The foundation of this mercilessrefutationis adherence to prophecy, as opposed to the attitude of the philosophers.
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The value of arefutationor a demonstration depends (in addition to its correctness and persuasive power) on its relevance to the subject matter.
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This criticism is distinct from radical thought and has a broader objective than being written merely as arefutation.
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The formerrefutationis fairly easy, but the latter is very hard.
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His emphasis on the "indifference" of conditioned stimuli exposed his theory torefutationof a different, but no less serious, sort.
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Refutationis unnecessary; the premise collapses under the weight of its excessively numerous and various adherents.
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The case we have before us stands as a vividrefutationof their claims that scientific standards of theory evaluation are immutable.
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To determine the fuzzy compatibility of two sets, a fuzzy resolutionrefutationsystem is utilized.
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But as we have noted, if the causal arguments offer themselves as empirical claims then they must be open in principle to empiricalrefutation.
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This may lead to therefutationof qualitative behaviors inconsistent with the numerical information, and hence to a reduced behavior tree.
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