Word · Frequency #23814
repudiation
拒绝；否认；抛弃
The act of rejecting or disowning something, or disclaiming it as invalid.
- 1.
The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.
拒绝接受的行为；否认的行为。
拒付；拒不履行；揭穿；驳斥；拒绝接受的行为；否认的行为。；抛弃；否认
In use
His repudiation of the rumor surprised everyone in the office.
The company's repudiation of the contract led to a long legal dispute.
The professor's repudiation of the old theory convinced many students.
repudiation of sth
最常用的结构，表示对观点、指控或协议的拒绝或否认。
His repudiation of the accusation was firm.
他对指控的否认十分坚定。
repudiation of sth as [adj]
as 后接形容词，表示以某种理由或定性来否定事物。
Their repudiation of the allegation as false convinced the committee.
他们否认该指控为虚假，这说服了委员会。
repudiation by sb of sth
by 引出否认行为的发出者，of 引出被否认的对象；多用于正式语体。
The repudiation by the government of the treaty caused an uproar.
政府对该条约的否认引起了轩然大波。
Common mistakes
The government repudiation the treaty.The government repudiated the treaty.
repudiation 是名词，表示“否认；拒绝”；句中需要谓语动词，应用动词 repudiate，过去式为 repudiated。
His repudiation to the accusations seemed honest.His repudiation of the accusations seemed honest.
名词 repudiation 后接 of 引出被拒绝或否认的对象，表示“对……的否认”；受中文“对……的否认”影响误用 to，英语中此处不用 to。
Connections
Collocations
- repudiation of a contract
- 拒不履行合同；宣布合同无效
- The court ruled that the repudiation of the contract was unlawful.法院裁定，拒不履行合同是违法的。
- repudiation of debt
- 拒付债务；赖账
- The government's repudiation of its debt caused a financial crisis.政府拒付债务引发了金融危机。
- repudiation of responsibility
- 推卸责任；否认责任
- His repudiation of responsibility angered the whole team.他推卸责任激怒了整个团队。
- outright repudiation
- 彻底否认；断然拒绝
- Her speech was an outright repudiation of the rumors.她的讲话是对谣言的彻底否认。
- public repudiation
- 公开否认；公开驳斥
- The announcement was a public repudiation of the earlier agreement.该声明是对先前协议的公开否认。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：想象把一份合同用力甩回去，同时说'我不认'——拒不承认、拒付，就是repudiation。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal legal writing、political discourse、academic prose repudiation 是正式用词，通常用于法律、政治或学术语境，表示正式拒绝、否认、抛弃，或拒不履行债务/合同等。口语中很少使用，比较常见于书面语和正式声明中。
Grammar Note
法律语境中常指政府或公共机构拒付债务、拒不履行合同。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上除 ration 外，nation、reputation、negotiation、pronunciation、relation 都以 /eɪʃən/ 结尾，与 repudiation 押韵。注意 ration 虽拼作 -ation，但读音是 /ˈræʃən/，不押韵；repudiation 与 reputation 拼写相似，勿混淆。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.