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To disown someone is to say, in a hard and often public way, that they are no longer yours — not your family, not your friend, not your problem. Parents sometimes threaten to disown a child; that means cutting the family tie, at least in words.
To disown someone is to say, in a hard and often public wayDisown一個人，是用強硬、而且常常公開的方式宣布， that they are no longer yours這個人不再是你的了—— not your family, not your friend, not your problem不是你的家人、不是你的朋友、也不是你的問題 Parents sometimes threaten to disown a child父母有時候會威脅要disown（斷絕關係）孩子； that means cutting the family tie, at least in words意思是至少在口頭上切斷這段親情關係
You can also disown a thing you were responsible for: a statement, a piece of work, a group — that is not mine; I will not stand behind it.
You can also disown a thing you were responsible for你也可以disown你原本該負責的東西： a statement, a piece of work, a group例如一份聲明、一件作品、一個團體—— that is not mine; I will not stand behind it意思是「那不是我的，我不會替它撐腰」
It is a strong, rather formal word. Everyday talk might say I want nothing to do with them, or I don’t claim that.
It is a strong, rather formal word這是個語氣很重、相當正式的字 Everyday talk might say I want nothing to do with them, or I don't claim that日常說法可能會說I want nothing to do with them（我跟他們沒關係了），或I don't claim that（那個不是我的）
Though actually, people use it loosely in anger (“I disown this team”) when they do not mean a real family or legal cut. The old, serious sense is still the family one, and students should feel how heavy that is.
Though actually不過其實， people use it loosely in anger ("I disown this team")人們生氣的時候也會隨口說「I disown this team」， when they do not mean a real family or legal cut這時候並不是真的指法律上或家人間的斷絕關係 The old, serious sense is still the family one這個字原本、比較嚴肅的意思還是指家人之間的斷絕關係， and students should feel how heavy that is學生應該感受到這個字有多重
組成dis-（離開、相反）+ own（宣稱「這是我的」）。合起來：不再把某人或某事認作自己的。
同家族的字
- ownto have, or to say “this is mine” — the claim that disown takes back
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
disownverb/dɪsˈəʊn/
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To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
- Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris.
- Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was.
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To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
- He disowns me, and he scorns me / But when we're alone he tells me I'm his very own
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computingengineeringmathematicsTo detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。