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
- Even when he did get a good fare, his legs would belie his appearance-he couldn't run fast!
及至他拉上了个好座儿，他的腿不给他的车与衣服作劲，跑不动！ - Our own calculations belie the figures shown in the estimates.
我们自己的计算证明估算单显示的数字是错误的。 - 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。 - They belie a strange reality of Brussels: while critics portray it as an ever-expanding bureaucratic monster, the EU is often thin on the resources and technical expertise needed to make policies.
他们暴露了布鲁塞尔的怪诞现实：虽然批评家形容它是一个日益扩大的官僚怪物，但它往往匮乏制定政策所需的资源及技术专长。 - 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。 - So you don't belie that I'm thirstyh?
你不相信我真的很渴？ - 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。 - 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。 - Inspire your imagination to see yourself already in possession of it. His cheerful appearance belie his feelings.
想想看，当你达到目标后的欢愉感觉。他欢愉的外表掩饰了他不安的情绪。 - He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility ( James Joyce)
为了给人有贵族气派的印象，他说话粗暴（詹姆斯乔伊丝）