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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:

  1. be in contradiction with
    同義詞:contradict, negate
  2. represent falsely
    同義詞:misrepresent

例句:

  1. Practical experience belies this theory.
    實際經驗證明這個理論是錯誤的。
  2. 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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