repudiate
repudiate
意味(日本語)
(恥じて)退ける、拒絶する、否認する、離婚する ◇L.re+pudere
語源
- pud- : L.pudeo/pudere=to be ashamed(恥じる)
意味(英語)
- (verb-transitive) To reject the validity or authority of: "Chaucer . . . not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it” ( Joyce Carol Oates).
- (verb-transitive) To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust: repudiated the accusation.
- (verb-transitive) To refuse to recognize or pay: repudiate a debt.
- (verb-transitive) To disown (a child, for example).
- (verb-transitive) To refuse to have any dealings with.
例文
- You hate it that it isn't "conservative," because it didn't pursue "conservative" policies, but you support, defend, and don't reject -- or "repudiate" -- those policies.
語源が同じ単語を一緒に覚えよう
impudence
impudence
ずうずうしさ、厚顔
語源
- pud- : L.pudeo/pudere=to be ashamed(恥じる)
impudent
impudent
ずうずうしい、厚かましい ◇L.in(=not)+pudere(=恥じる)
語源
- pud- : L.pudeo/pudere=to be ashamed(恥じる)