dismiss是什么意思

Since the 1980s, America has been increasingly clinging to the ideology of uncontrolled free markets and dismissing the role of government---following Ronald Regan's idea that "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Her observations helped dismiss the popular belief that insects spontaneously emerged from mud.

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

Don't dismiss that possibility entirely.

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