confute

• vt. 驳斥，驳倒

con-, 强调。-fut, 击，打，词源同beat, refute. 即对打的，驳斥的。

confute

confute: see beat

confute (v.)

1520s, from Middle French confuter, from Latin confutare "repress, check; disprove, restrain, silence," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + *futare "to beat," from PIE root *bhau- "to strike, beat" (see batter (v.)). Related: Confuted; confuting.

1. He was unable to confute the debater.

他未能驳倒对方的辩论者.

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