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unlearn

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·learn /ʌnˈlɜːn $ -ɜːrn/ verb (past tense and past participle unlearned or unlearnt /-ˈlɜːnt $ -ˈlɜːrnt/) [transitive]  informalFORGET to deliberately forget something you have learned, in order to change the way you do something 设法忘记,抛弃〔已学会的东西〕 It’s difficult to unlearn bad driving habits. 很难改掉不好的驾驶习惯。→ See Verb table
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unlearnEvery great inventor or scientist has had to unlearn conventional wisdom in order to proceed with his work.As such it seems particularly appropriate for a time of rapid change and the need to unlearn dogmatism.What I learned from them specifically of the techniques of teaching I have had to do my best to unlearn since.It could also be a forgetting term, when a system needs to unlearn something.Who do you go to to unlearn them?
un·learn verbChineseSyllable
learned, in deliberately order Corpus forget to something you have


unlearn
unlearn /ʌnˈlɜːn $ -ɜːrn/ verb (past tense and past participle unlearned or unlearnt /-ˈlɜːnt $ -ˈlɜːrnt/) [transitive]
informal to deliberately forget something you have learned, in order to change the way you do something:
    It’s difficult to unlearn bad driving habits.


un·learnBrE /ˌʌnˈlɜːn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnˈlɜːrn/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they unlearn BrE /ˌʌnˈlɜːn/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌnˈlɜːrn/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it unlearns BrE /ˌʌnˈlɜːnz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌnˈlɜːrnz/ 🔊past simple unlearned BrE /ˌʌnˈlɜːnd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌnˈlɜːrnd/ 🔊past participle unlearned BrE /ˌʌnˈlɜːnd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌnˈlɜːrnd/ 🔊 -ing form unlearning BrE /ˌʌnˈlɜːnɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌnˈlɜːrnɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth to deliberately forget sth that you have learned, especially sth bad or wrong 故意忘却(尤指错事或坏事);抛弃You'll have to unlearn all the bad habits you learned with your last piano teacher. 你必须丢掉你的前任钢琴老师所教的一切坏习惯。🔊🔊