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impugn

\im-PYOON\, transitive verb:
To attack by words or arguments; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to oppose or challenge as false; to gainsay.
及物动词 vt.
1.责难
2.抨击

As might be expected of fanatical flag idolaters, the GAR did not accept refusals lightly, and in one instance in Illinois impugned the patriotic loyalty of recalcitrant local school administrators by spreading rumors that one of them was a foreign alien yet to be naturalized and the other a draft dodger who evaded Civil War service by fleeing to Canada.
~Albert Boime, The Unveiling of the National Icons

After hearing that her brother had been impugned by his political rivals, she also wrote a verse defense of his honor, entitled "Lines on reading an attack upon the political career of the late Albert Baker Esqr."
~Caroline Fraser, God's Perfect Child

Even though it is nowhere alleged that disclosures of sinful activity by priests impugn the integrity of the entire ministry, that nevertheless is the passing legacy of the current scandals.
~William F. Buckley Jr., "The House of Disillusion", National Review, May 14, 2002

Impugn comes from Latin impugnare, "to assail," from in-, "against" + pugnare, "to fight."




Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
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生活对我们每个人都不容易．但这又算得了什么？我们必须有坚定不移的毅力，以及充分的自信．我们必须相信自己拥有某种天赋，并且将努力进行到底，我们的目标终将实现。
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