impugn
英 [?m'pju?n]
美
- vt. 指責，非難；抨擊；反駁；對…表示懷疑
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?impugns;過去式:?impugned;過去分詞:?impugned;現(xiàn)在分詞:?impugning;
中文詞源
impugn 懷疑，質(zhì)疑
im-,進入，使，-pugn,打，擊，刺，詞源同pugnacious,pungent.引申詞義懷疑，質(zhì)疑。
英文詞源
- impugn
- impugn: see pugnacious
- impugn (v.)
- "attack by argument," late 14c., from Old French impugner, from Latin impugnare "to assault, to attack," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + pugnare "to fight" (see pugnacious). Related: Impugned; impugning.
雙語例句
- 1. Rose and I differ somewhat in our definition of art. Not to impugn your work, sir.
- 我們在藝術上的見解頗有分歧,我不是在批評你的作品.
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