belie
音標[bi'lai] 讀音漢語翻譯
vt. 掩飾, 與...不符, 使失望
詞型變化:
名詞:belier 動詞過去式:belied 過去分詞:belied 現在分詞:belying 第三人稱單數:belies英文解釋:
動詞 belie:
- be in contradiction with同義詞:contradict, negate
- represent falsely同義詞:misrepresent
例句:
- Practical experience belies this theory.
- His cheerful manner belied his real feelings.他那快活的樣子掩飾了他真實的感情。
詳細解釋:
be.lie
v.tr.(及物動詞)be.lied,be.ly.ing,be.lies To picture falsely; misrepresent:錯誤地描述;誤述:例句:.He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility.(James Joyce).為了給人有貴族氣派的印象,他說話粗暴.(詹姆斯·喬伊絲)
To show to be false:顯示為虛假:例句:Their laughter belied their outward grief.他們的笑聲顯示出他們表面上虛假的悲傷
To be counter to; contradict:與…相對立;與…相矛盾:例句:At first glance, life at the boarding school seemed to belie all the bad things I had heard about it.初看之下,寄宿學校的生活似乎不同於我所聽說的有關它的糟糕情形
來源:Middle English bilien 中古英文 bilien from Old English belôogan [to deceive with lies] * see leugh- 源自 古英文 belôogan [用謊言欺騙] *參見 leugh-
【引伸】
beli.er
n.(名詞)
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