belie
英 [bɪˈlaɪ]
美 [bɪˈlaɪ]
v. 掩饰; 遮掩; 使…给人以假象; 显示(某事)不正确; 证明(某事)错误
第三人称单数:belies 现在分词:belying 过去式:belied 过去分词:belied
Collins.1 / BNC.19460 / COCA.14713
牛津词典
verb
- 掩饰;遮掩;使…给人以假象
to give a false impression of sb/sth- Her energy and youthful good looks belie her 65 years.
她的活力与年轻美貌使人看不出她有65岁了。
- Her energy and youthful good looks belie her 65 years.
- 显示(某事)不正确;证明(某事)错误
to show that sth cannot be true or correct- Government claims that there is no poverty are belied by the number of homeless people on the streets.
大街上无家可归者的人数证明政府所声称的没有贫困的说法是谎言。
- Government claims that there is no poverty are belied by the number of homeless people on the streets.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 掩饰;遮掩
If one thingbeliesanother, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.- Her looks belie her 50 years.
她看上去不像50岁。
- Her looks belie her 50 years.
- VERB 证明…是虚假的;显示…不真实
If one thingbeliesanother, it proves that the other thing is not true or genuine.- The facts of the situation belie his testimony.
实际情况证明他作了伪证。
- The facts of the situation belie his testimony.
英英释义
verb
- represent falsely
- This statement misrepresents my intentions
- be in contradiction with
双语例句
- Elsewhere, the Australians will again belie their small population and give the impression that their country is one massive sporting arena by finishing next in the pecking order behind the behemoths.
其他地区中,澳大利亚人口虽少,却将在排行榜上紧跟巨头之后,给人以体育大国的印象。 - Television pictures of starving children belie official reports that normal life is continuing.
儿童挨饿的电视镜头证明官方声称生活继续维持正常的报道是假的。 - The gentle lower slopes belie the true nature of the mountain.
低缓的山坡掩盖了这座山的真实特点。 - The recent bombings belie claims that progress is being made in the peace talks.
最近的爆炸事件表明,和谈正取得进展的说法是虚假的。 - Tranquil waters and a drift of morning mist belie the power that carved these granite hills in Red Cuillin, Skye.
宁静的水面晨雾迷离,掩盖了雕琢这些花岗岩山峰的巨大力量。 - Their lives belie the popular image of the swashbuckling rock musician.
他们的生活与那虚张声势的红摇滚乐手的形象大不相称。 - But they belie a fierce ambition and an obsession to root out injustice on Wall Street and beyond.
但诙谐的表象下面潜藏着的是巴拉拉根除华尔街内外所有不公的强烈抱负和执着信念。 - The writer of this letter intended to belie the editor's view on the condition of those who reduced to unemployment.
写信人企图证明编辑的关于那些失业者的境况的观点为不正确。 - All the more so because it seems to belie the conviction of every pushy parent that if a child puts one foot wrong academically they have blown it for life.
更重要的原因在于,这似乎有悖于每一位望子成龙的家长的看法,即如果孩子在学业上步入歧途,他们的一生就毁了。 - Its extended range and large scale stereo presentation belie its size.
其延伸的范围和规模立体声介绍掩饰它的大小。