un·learn /ʌnˈlɜːn $ -ɜːrn/ verb (past tensepst and past participleppunlearned or unlearnt /-ˈlɜːnt $ -ˈlɜːrnt/) [transitiveT]
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。
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unlearn• Every great inventor or scientist has had to unlearnconventionalwisdom 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?