Word · Frequency #18777
disown
与…断绝关系；声明与…脱离关系
to cast off; to refuse to acknowledge or accept as one's own
- 1.
To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
拒绝承认是自己的；否认属于自己的。
- 2.
To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
否认与...有任何关系；与...断绝关系。
拒绝承认是自己的；否认属于自己的。；否认与...有任何关系；与...断绝关系。；否认；[计] 不认；驱逐
In use
After the scandal, his family threatened to disown him if he did not apologize.
She disowned her former friends when she joined the new movement.
He refused to disown his brother even though they rarely spoke.
disown sb
通常指父母或家人声明与子女等亲属断绝关系。
After the scandal, his family disowned him.
丑闻发生后，他的家人与他断绝了关系。
disown sth
指公开否认与某事物的关联，常涉及言论、行为或责任。
The company disowned the statements made by its former employee.
公司否认其前雇员发表的言论。
Verb forms
base disown · third person disowns · -ing disowning · past disowned · past participle disowned
及物动词：正式声明与某人或某事不再有关系；规则变化。
Connections
Collocations
- disown one's son
- 与儿子断绝父子关系
- He threatened to disown his son if he married without his blessing.他威胁说，如果儿子未经他祝福就结婚，就与他断绝父子关系。
- disown a statement
- 否认自己说过的话；与某言论撇清关系
- The official later disowned the statement, saying he had been misquoted.这位官员后来否认自己说过那番话，称那是被错误引用了。
- disown one's family
- 与家人断绝关系；脱离家庭
- She was willing to disown her family to live a life of her own.她为了过自己的生活，宁愿与家人断绝关系。
- disown all responsibility
- 拒绝承担一切责任；声明与某事毫无关系
- The company tried to disown all responsibility for the data breach.这家公司试图撇清与数据泄露事件的一切关系。
- disown the past
- 与过去彻底划清界限；不承认自己的过去
- He left home, disowned his past, and began a new life.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
disown = dis(不) + own(自己的)——不认是自己的，断绝关系。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：家庭关系、公共声明 通常用于正式场合或书面语，多指公开声明与某人或某组织不再有关系，常见于家庭、政治等语境。口语中较少用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All the listed words rhyme with the stressed syllable of disown (/əʊn/). Note that down /daʊn/ and town /taʊn/ look similar in spelling but have the /aʊ/ vowel, so they do not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.