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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。
与…断绝关系；声明与…脱离关系
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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
After the scandal, his family disowned him.
丑闻发生后，他的家人与他断绝了关系。
拒绝承认是自己的；否认属于自己的。
To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
否认与...有任何关系；与...断绝关系。
To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
disown
Base
原形
disowns
3rd person
第三人称单数
disowning
-ing
现在分词
disowned
Past
过去式
disowned
Past participle
过去分词
Parents sometimes disown their children.
父母有时会不认自己的孩子。
He disowned his old friends after he became famous.
他出名后否认了与老朋友的关系。
They are disowning any connection with the scandal.
他们正在否认与该丑闻有任何关联。
及物动词：正式声明与某人或某事不再有关系；规则变化。
After the scandal, his family threatened to disown him if he did not apologize.
丑闻发生后，他的家人威胁说，如果他不大道歉，就要与他断绝关系。
She disowned her former friends when she joined the new movement.
她加入新运动后，与以前的朋友断绝了关系。
He refused to disown his brother even though they rarely spoke.
尽管他们很少说话，他仍拒绝与弟弟断绝关系。
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。
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。
Not this
I disown a car, so I walk to work.
Use this
I don't own a car, so I walk to work.
disown 并不是 dis- + own（不拥有）的意思，而是“与…断绝关系/声明脱离关系”；表达“没有（拥有）”应使用 do not own。
Not this
He disowned that he had stolen the money.
Use this
He denied that he had stolen the money.
disown 的宾语通常是某人、子女或作品等，表示不承认与其有关系，不能接 that 从句表示“否认某事实”；否认某件事实应使用 deny。
Not this
After the quarrel, he disowned from his son.
Use this
After the quarrel, he disowned his son.
disown 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词 from；汉语“与某人脱离关系”中的“与”不能直接迁移成英语介词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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.
他离开了家，与自己的过去一刀两断，开始了新生活。
不认自己的亲骨肉
How could you disown your own flesh and blood over money?
你怎么能为了钱不认自己的亲骨肉？
忘本；背弃自己的出身
He became famous and disowned his roots.
他成名后忘了本。
推卸一切责任
The manager tried to disown all responsibility for the mistake.
经理试图推卸对这个错误的全部责任。
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disown = dis(不) + own(自己的)——不认是自己的，断绝关系。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.