disclaim

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Law

dis·claim /dɪsˈkleɪm/ verb [transitive] formal SCLRESPONSIBLE#to state, especially officially, that you are not responsible for something, that you do not know about it, or that you are not involved with it 否认，拒绝承认 SYN denydisclaim responsibility/knowledge etc Martin disclaimed any responsibility for his son’s actions. 马丁否认对儿子的行为负有任何责任。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

disclaim• Businesses will be able to disclaim all or any part of the initial allowance if they wish.• The group has disclaimed all responsibility for the attack.• Janir held his hands in the air, disclaiming all responsibility.• Not only did they disclaim any career but motherhood, they even began to question the need for the higher education itself.• The school disclaimed any responsibility for his death.• The King has disclaimed his love for his offspring and therefore broken the family bond that Cordelia speaks of.• What precisely is being disclaimed or denied, the story or its possession?disclaim responsibility/knowledge etc• In spite of this, Hedley Byrne did not recover its loss since the reports submitted by Heller & Partners had expressly disclaimed responsibility.• Of course, if they do, politicians can disclaim responsibility; but ducking responsibility is fatal in a democracy.• Without the consensus achieved in Cabinet, ministers are free to disclaim responsibility for unpopular policies.

dis·claim verbChineseSyllable

state, not that you to responsible especially officially, are for Corpus

disclaim
dis‧claim /dɪsˈkleɪm/

verb [transitive] formal
to state, especially officially, that you are not responsible for something, that you do not know about it, or that you are not involved with it
   SYN deny
    disclaim responsibility/knowledge etc