to disown
01
断绝关系, 否认
to refuse to acknowledge or deny any connection or identification with someone, typically resulting in the termination of familial or personal ties
Transitive: to disown a family member
例子
The father decided to disown his son after a long-standing disagreement.
父亲在长期意见不合后决定断绝关系与儿子。
Disowning a family member can be a painful and irreversible decision.
断绝关系可能是一个痛苦且不可逆转的决定。
02
否认, 断绝关系
to reject or deny any association or relationship with someone or something
Transitive: to disown an association or stance
例子
He chose to disown his former beliefs after learning more about the issue.
在了解了更多关于这个问题后，他选择否认他以前的信仰。
The politician disowned her previous statements when they caused public outrage.
当政治人物先前的言论引起公愤时，她否认了这些言论。
词汇树
disowning
disownment
disown
own
