- 1反駁、駁斥（提出理由或證據證明對方說法不成立）
To rebut something is to argue back against it and show it is wrong. It is used for statements, claims, accusations, arguments — anything someone has said about you or about a subject. The important part is that rebutting is not just disagreeing. You have to give reasons, evidence, an argument of your own. 'He denied it' means he said no. 'He rebutted it' means he answered it with something.
The word lives in law, debate, academic writing, and news. A defence lawyer rebuts the prosecution's case; a scientist rebuts a criticism of her paper; a spokesperson rebuts a report. In ordinary talk people say 'answer back', 'prove wrong', 'argue against', or 'push back on'.
English speakers often confuse this with 'refute', and the confusion has gone so far that many dictionaries now record both meanings for both words. Strictly, 'rebut' means you argued against it, while 'refute' means you actually succeeded in proving it false. Careful writers still keep them apart. Note the spelling: rebut, rebutted, rebutting — the t doubles.
組成re- (back) + an old form of 'butt', meaning to strike or push with the head — the way a goat butts. So to rebut an argument is to headbutt it back where it came from. The picture is physical: something came at you, you shove it back.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
rebutverb/ɹɪˈbʌt/
- 1
To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
- Who him r'encountring fierce, as hauke in flight, / Perforce rebutted backe.
- 2
To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
- Rebutting allegations that Scotland's railways had been deliberately run down, he pointed out that in the past nine years over £70m had been spent on their development.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。