myth-busting
adjective informal (also myth busting); (US also mythbusting) uk/ˈmɪθˌbʌs.tɪŋ/ us/ˈmɪθˌbʌs.tɪŋ/
纠正错误看法的;打破神话的;破除流言的
saying or showing that something generally thought to be true is not, in fact, true, or is different from how it is usually described
Her myth-busting posts include a useful reminder that the Bestseller List is NOT directly based on sales. 她发了很多纠正误解的帖子，其中一条提醒我们，畅销书排行榜并非是直接基于销量的。
The "myth busting" unit has been formed to quell immigration fears. 为了平息移民恐慌，成立了“破除流言”小组。
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- The Department of Health has launched a myth-busting campaign to tell people there's no such thing as a healthy tan.
- This just in from the myth-busting department: Roman Catholic teens feel no more guilty than other US teenagers.
- This is a renowned myth-busting website that's the first place to go when you want urban myths exposed.
myth-busting
noun [ U ] informal (also myth busting) uk/ˈmɪθˌbʌs.tɪŋ/ us/ˈmɪθˌbʌs.tɪŋ/
纠正错误看法;打破神话;破除流言
the act of saying or showing that something generally thought to be true is not, in fact, true, or is different from how it is usually described
This shows some of the myth-busting carried out by historians over the past century against the Victorian fantasy of Camelot. 这显示了过去一个世纪以来历史学家针对维多利亚时代的卡米洛特幻想所进行的一些纠正错误解的做法。
Councils have already done lots of "myth busting" over funding distribution and the impact of immigration. 在资金分配和移民影响方面，议会已经做了很多 "辟谣"的工作。
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- Busy scholars in recent years have done a bit of myth-busting, according to background material helpfully provided by the Folger Shakespeare Library.
- They have assigned public relations officers to the thankless task of myth-busting.
- The aim of the closing ceremonies was to have some fun, poking fun at Canadian stereotypes, and doing some "myth busting".